Cleveland Museum of Art

Band with Tassels

Date

1455–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Medium

cotton; weft-faced plain weave

Culture

Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This garment may have been found with others in the collection that formed a matched set worn by a noble of the Chimú, who rose to power on Peru’s north coast after the year 1000. The Chimú forged an empire that thrived until the 1460s, when the Inka incorporated it into their own imperial domain.

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