Fine Chincha-Inca tapestry

Room 5, Vitrine 56

Textile
Coast of southern Peru
Imperial Epoch (1300 d.C. – 1532 d.C.)
ML600066

• Material: Cotton and camelid thread.
• Technique: lacework tapestry.
• This is a world record, it has 398 threads per linear inch.
• The fineness of its thread and its technique indicate that this fragment may have been a cumbi: a textile made for the exclusive use of the Inca sovereign.
• Fragment of a textile decorated with camelids and geometric designs.