
Fragment
800 · Cotton and wool (camelid), plain weave with discontinuous wefts and single dovetailed tapestry weave; edged with cross-knit loop stitches
52.1 × 27.6 cm (20 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago

The Moche civilization flourished in northern Peru from about 100 to 800 AD, during the Regional Development Epoch. The capital of a Southern Moche polity was near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru, with several other, possibly independent, regions under Moche influence.
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