Textile

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Culture Chancay

Title Textile

Date Ca. 1000

Medium Wool

Dimensions Object: 28 × 22 1/2 in. (71.1 × 57.2 cm)
Overall: 28 × 22 1/2 in. (71.1 × 57.2 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 72.49.29

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The Chancay culture has become famous for its elaborate and high quality textiles. These range from plain weaves and openwork to fiber sculptures. While both vegetable fibers and animal fibers were used, wool from llamas was the preferred material.

One of the most common Chancay textile motifs is a deity with a crescent-like headdress, as seen in this example. It is clear from the immense numbers of Chancay textiles that survive today that the art form was widespread.

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"Textile | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=72.49.29