Collection record · Dress & textiles
Textile Fragments
The collection record classifies this work as textile. It is dated c. 50–650 CE. Recorded culture or place: Peru, Moche, north coast.
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- Museum title
- Textile Fragments
- Date
- c. 50–650 CE
- Culture / origin
- Peru, Moche, north coast
- Materials and technique
- cotton and camelid fiber
- Dimensions
- Overall: 40 x 25.4 cm (15 3/4 x 10 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 2007.2
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
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 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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