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Loincloth

Chimú

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Caption

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000–1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 31 1/8 x 43 11/16 in. (79 x 111 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.8. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Chimú

Title

Loincloth

Date

1000–1532

Period

Late Horizon Period

Medium

Cotton, camelid fiber

Classification

Textile

Dimensions

31 1/8 x 43 11/16 in. (79 x 111 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen

Accession Number

63.81.8

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Artists and makers

Chimú

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