Textile Fragment with Felines and Birds Designs

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CultureChancay

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Textile Fragment with Felines and Birds Designs

Date800–1450 AD

PlacePeru

MediumTextile

DimensionsOverall: 33 1/4 × 19 5/16 in. (84.5 × 49 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1069

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

TEXTILES

ProvenanceDaniel Brooks, by 1978; Professor Hugo Munsterberg (1916–1995), New Paltz, New York, 1978; [Arte Primitivo, Fine Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Auction, June 18, 2007 (Auction #42), lot 539]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, June 18, 2007–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed sticker on side: #072 Chanacy Peru / 14th Century / $1,850

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