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Backstrap Loom with Unfinished Textile

Chimú

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Caption

Chimú. Backstrap Loom with Unfinished Textile, 1100–1450. Wood, cotton, camelid fiber, 17 x 16 1/2 x 1/2 in. (43.2 x 41.9 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 29.1312.13. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Chimú

Title

Backstrap Loom with Unfinished Textile

Date

1100–1450

Medium

Wood, cotton, camelid fiber

Classification

Textile

Dimensions

17 x 16 1/2 x 1/2 in. (43.2 x 41.9 x 1.3 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

29.1312.13

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Artists and makers

Chimú

299 works in the collection