Panel

LambayequeWW-1000-132072

1000·Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave·76 × 49.2 cm (30 × 19 3/8 in.)

<p>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.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1000
Medium: Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave
Dimensions: 76 × 49.2 cm (30 × 19 3/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Lambayeque

Artist

Lambayeque

Textile

Lambayeque is a city on the coast of northern Peru and capital of the homonymous district and province in the department of Lambayeque. It is located 4.7 km from the city of Chiclayo and 13 km from the Pacific Ocean. It is an important cultural and educational center of the department as it houses some of the most important museums in the country, such as the Royal Tombs Museum and the Brüning Museum. It was founded in 1553 under the name of San Pedro de Lambayeque by order of the Viceroy Conde de Nieva.

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