Cleveland Museum of Art
Loincloth
- Date
- 1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability)
- Medium
- cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots
- Culture
- Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200–1460s
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 164421
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Loincloths were basic men’s wear in ancient Peru. But the extraordinary size of some examples—this one is about eight feet long, unfolded—makes it difficult to know how they were worn, except that they were tied around the waist with the decorated panels hanging at the front and back of the body. The appearance may have been that of a billowing skirt. This loincloth is huge!
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- Credit line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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