Textile Fragments

c. 50–650 CE Overall: 40 x 25.4 cm (15 3/4 x 10 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.2

These fragments are rare survivors of catastrophic rains that destroyed much of the Moche textile legacy and may have helped to bring about the decline of Moche culture. Each depicts a serpent and a snail beneath a hovering raptorial bird—perhaps a snail kite, a type of hawk n...

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