Object Name: Tunic
Cultural Group/Place of Origin: Chanay culture, central coast of Peru
Date: Late Intermediate Period, 1150 – 1450 CE
Materials Used: Cotton warp (S-spun), camelid hair (plied); tapestry weave
Dimensions: 34 x 124 cm
Credit line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Lucas Jr. X86.3949

Source: Elena Phipps, The Peruvian Four-Selvaged Cloth. Ancient Threads / New Directions. Fowler Museum Textile Series, No. 12, Los Angeles, 2013
Two four-selvaged panels are stitched together.
Birds designed in stepped-block patterns that are diagonaly aligned recall the brickwork walls that line the temple complexes of the archaeological sites of the central coast. A wave pattern appears along the lower edge.