
Sujet
This is a good example of the Chancay style of openwork fabric
Légende
This is a good example of the Chancay style of openwork fabric, It is made over a structure of evenly spaced warps. Supplementary threads have been added to form profile bird figures with red eyes. Probably intended as a headcloth. Peru. Chancay. 1200 1400 AD. Central coast of Peru.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A30_349
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
26,5Mo (2,7Mo) / 22,4cm x 29,7cm / 2640 x 3512 (300dpi)