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Band with Tassels
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBand 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
