Turban
1485–1640
- Medium
- Cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots
- Dimensions
- Overall: 139.7 x 139.7 cm (55 x 55 in.)
- Genre
- garment
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Peru, North Coast, Chimú style
About
Chimú garments like this one consist of a large, rectangular central section—here measuring some 65 inches by 50 inches—with decorated tabs stitched to two opposite corners. Such garments probably were worn as turbans but we do not understand exactly how. For the purpose of display, the plain central section of this example has been folded to form a wide band, with the tabs arranged on either side.