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Tunic or Tabard?

Chimú

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Caption

Chimú. Tunic or Tabard?, 1000–1532. Cotton, feathers, silver, 28 3/8 x 57 1/16 in. (72 x 145 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2908PA. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Chimú

Title

Tunic or Tabard?

Date

1000–1532

Period

Late Horizon or Late Intermediate Period

Medium

Cotton, feathers, silver

Classification

Clothing

Dimensions

28 3/8 x 57 1/16 in. (72 x 145 cm)

Credit Line

Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund

Accession Number

37.2908PA

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Chimú

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