Art Institute of Chicago

Work Basket

Possibly Chancay

Date

1000-1476

Medium

Reed, dyed split reed, and plied cotton

Culture

Peru

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

In central and southern coastal Peru, archaeologists have unearthed a variety of weaving tools and work baskets. These are often found in women’s burials, which suggests that spinning yarn and weaving textiles were the domain of women. This basket was probably made for a weaver to hold tools used in making textiles, such as needle cases, needles, spindles, and combs.

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