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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
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164424
label
Band with Tassels
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object
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Source metadata
id
164424
contentType
object
title
Band with Tassels
description
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.
date
1455–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79991997
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Garment
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 306.8 x 5.4 cm (120 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
cul
Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s
accession
2005.5.5
Source extras
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cotton; weft-faced plain weave
tombstone
Band with Tassels, 1455–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s. Cotton; weft-faced plain weave; overall: 306.8 x 5.4 cm (120 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 2005.5.5
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
didYouKnow
The Chimú forged an empire that thrived until the 1460s, when the Inka incorporated it into their own imperial domain.
citations
citation
Rowe, Ann Pollard, and John P. O'Neill. Costumes & featherwork of the Lords of Chimor: textiles from Peru's north coast. 1984.
creditline
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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2026-05-29 08:31:31.910000
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164424
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Textiles
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T - Pre-Columbian
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cotton; weft-faced plain weave
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