Panel
Lambayeque
1000–1476
- Medium
- Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- 77.5 × 23.5 cm (30 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- weaving
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
middle horizonamericassuper/naturalslit tapestry weavingstaffsheaddressesHumananimalslambayequebirdsanthropomorphic figurePre-Columbianfishcotton (fiber)Textileweavinggeometric motifwool (hair)camelid wool
About
Lambayeque textiles typically consist of multiple weavings joined together to create larger panels and garments. This panel feature repeating rows of designs, with motifs including a human figure and a large white bird, both wearing crescent headdresses. With this pairing of human and animal figures, the textile may allude to a legend of an ancestral lord who escaped death by sprouting wings and flying away.
