Art Institute of Chicago

Panel

Lambayeque

Date

1000-1476

Medium

Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave

Culture

Peru

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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.

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