Skip Navigation

Collection Menu
Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.240.2_view1_bw.jpg)
Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.240.2_view1_bw.jpg)
Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.240.2_view1_bw.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.240.2_view1_bw.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.240.2_view2_bw.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.240.2_view2_bw.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail5.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail5.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail1.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail1.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail2.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail2.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail3.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail3.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail4.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_detail4.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_view3.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_view3.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_view2.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_view2.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_view1.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.240.2_view1.jpg)

DOWNLOAD

Loincloth

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Chimú
MEDIUM Cotton, camelid fiber
DATES 1532-1700 or 1000-1400
PERIOD Colonial or Late Intermediate
DIMENSIONS 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
ACCESSION NUMBER 67.240.2
CREDIT LINE Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen
RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply). For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
CAPTION Chimú. Loincloth, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.240.2_view1_bw.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 67.240.2_view1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
"CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
RECORD COMPLETENESS
Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1532-1700 or 1000-1400. Cotton, camelid fiber, 56 5/16 x 32 5/16in. (143 x 82cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 67.240.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 67.240.2_view1_bw.jpg)
+ Add Tag

RELATED OBJECTS

Textile Fragment, possible Border Textile Fragment, undetermined Textile Fragment, undetermined Mantle Border or Mantle, Fragments, Border Headcloth?, Fragment or Mantle, Fragment Mantle Mantle Stirrup Spout Bottle with Bird Design Mantle?, Fragment or Mantle, Fragment Textile Fragments Textile Fragment, undetermined Loincloth Fragment or Textile Fragment, Undetermined Neckpiece, Fragment or possible Bracelet possible Loincloth, Tie, Fragment Textile Fragment, undetermined Loincloth (probably), Tie, Fragment Textile Fragment, undetermined Textile Fragment, undetermined Textile Fragment, undetermined Tunic Textile Fragment Sling Sling or Sling Fragment Textile Fragment, possibly a Border Fragment Tunic Fragment Tupu Weavers Basket, Flattened, Fragment or Workbasket, Fragment Fragment?, Undetermined or Canes Wrapped with Yarn in Patterns Ball of Yarn Beans and Corn Found with Mummies Canes Wound with Cotton and Plaited Grass Necklace or Canes Wrapped with Yarn Loom Parts, Fragments or Carved Sticks, Fragments Backstrap Loom with Unfinished Textile Textile Fragment, undetermined Wrapping Cloth or Textile, Undetermined Loincloth Sling Textile Fragment, Undetermined Spindle with Whorl Tube