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Chimu and Lambayeque Textiles

Room 5, Vitrine 48


Chimú tapestry (↑)
Textile
Coast of northern Peru
Imperial Epoch (1300-1532 AD)
ML600063

  • Material: Cotton thread.
  • Technique: Slit tapestry.
  • This textile is decorated with figures wearing a half-moon shaped headdress and with scenes depicting the gathering of Spondylus seashells (mullu).


Lambayeque miniature tunic (↓)
Textile
Coast of northern Peru
Fusion Epoch (800-1300 AD)
ML600141

  • Material: Cotton and camelid thread.
  • Technique: Slit tapestry.
  • This sleeveless tunic is decorated with a tree of life with branches, leaves and flowers. The branches are tipped with zoomorphic heads and two condors perch in the top of each tree.