Panel
Lambayeque
1000-1476
Medium
Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave
Dimensions
77.5 × 23.5 cm (30 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
weaving
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
181388
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.