Tapestry Panel, 1000-1460s. The design of this panel depends on the repetition of a single motif: a small, geometricized head set inside a stepped V, which seems to represent the stylized bodies and wings of two birds. This motif, woven in different colour combinations, alternates between up and down to form a sophisticated interlocking pattern that has no proper top and bottom. The panel probably once belonged to a garment.

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Size: 1864px × 3572px
Photo credit: © Heritage Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 11th-15th, art, camelid, central, century, chancay-chimú, cleveland, coast, cotton, fiber, heritage, museum, peru, style, tapestry, textile, unknown, weave