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Woven in a double-cloth pattern with a plain field of brown with widely spaced thin stripes of white, red and black with a narrow border of red, top and bottom, and a border edging of red and black at the sides, ties at each corner.

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Mantle

Maker Chancay Artist

Date1200-1450

Place of originChancay, Lima, Peru, South America

MediumCotton

Dimensions22 1/2 x 26 3/4 in. (57.2 x 67.9 cm)

ClassificationsClothing and accessories

Credit LineGift of Rick and Aase Thompson

Object number1996.38.2

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

Visual DescriptionWoven in a double-cloth pattern with a plain field of brown with widely spaced thin stripes of white, red and black with a narrow border of red, top and bottom, and a border edging of red and black at the sides, ties at each corner.

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