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☀ cross stitch of a cat , which is about 1000 years old !

A textile fragment was found in Peru. It belongs to the Chimu or Chancay culture (pre-Columbian era X - XV centuries)

#art of the ancient world #ancient art #peru #peru art #chancay #chimu

Earthenware flask depicting a jaguar, by an artist of the Chimú culture, which flourished on the northern coast of present-day Peru between ca. AD 900 and its conquest by the Inca Empire in 1470. The characteristic Chimú ceramic style seen here--monochrome pottery decorated with animal or human figures--may have been inherited from the predecessor Moche culture. In addition to their pottery, Chimú artists produced virtuosic textile- and metalwork.

Now in the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

#art #art history #Chimu #Chimu culture #South America #Peru #Pre-Columbian #Pre-Columbian art #indigenous peoples #indigenous art #pottery #ceramics #earthenware #animals in art #jaguar #jaguars #Gardiner Museum

Gold ear spools, Chimu culture, Peru, circa 1150-1450

from The Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Chimú feathered tunic, 1470-1532, plain-weave cotton embellished with feathers knotted and attached with cotton in overcast stitches, the Art Institute of Chicago.

"...this feathered tunic was created by Chimú weavers in northern Peru in 1470/1532. The knee-length, sleeveless garment is composed of a plain-weave cotton cloth completely concealed by thousands of brightly colored feathers. These coveted plumes were taken from macaws, parrots, toucans, cotingas, and tanagers from the tropical forests of South America. Because they were transported across the treacherous peaks of the Andes, the feathers were extremely rare and valuable and would only have been available to the most elite members of pre-Hispanic society. Thus, the feathered tunic—with its stylized felines, birds, and fish—would have been a sumptuous emblem of power, wealth, and prestige. Like many other pre-Hispanic textiles, it was buried with its owner in a subterranean tomb on the southern coast of Peru. The dark and arid conditions in these tombs protected the tunic, thereby allowing its vibrant colors and bold motifs to endure."