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Source Description
This fragment, one of several in the collection, is a rare survivor of catastrophic rains that destroyed much of the Moche textile legacy and may have helped to bring about the decline of Moche culture. It depicts a serpent and a snail beneath a hovering raptorial bird—perhaps a snail kite, a type of hawk named after its favored food. The size of the motifs implies that the original textile was large; a mantle (a shawl-like garment) or a hanging are among the possibilities.
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Document identity
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165269
label
Textile Fragment
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object
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Source metadata
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165269
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object
title
Textile Fragment
description
This fragment, one of several in the collection, is a rare survivor of catastrophic rains that destroyed much of the Moche textile legacy and may have helped to bring about the decline of Moche culture. It depicts a serpent and a snail beneath a hovering raptorial bird—perhaps a snail kite, a type of hawk named after its favored food. The size of the motifs implies that the original textile was large; a mantle (a shawl-like garment) or a hanging are among the possibilities.
date
c. 50–650 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79993989
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 38.7 x 29.3 cm (15 1/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
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Peru, Moche, north coast
accession
2007.2.3
Source extras
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cotton and camelid fiber
tombstone
Textile Fragment, c. 50–650 CE. Peru, Moche, north coast. Cotton and camelid fiber; overall: 38.7 x 29.3 cm (15 1/4 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2007.2.3
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
didYouKnow
This fragment is a rare survivor of floods that destroyed much of the Moche textile record.
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:33:49.256000
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165269
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Textiles
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T - Pre-Columbian
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cotton and camelid fiber
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1
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0
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photo
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