GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This impressive loincloth features a luxurious amount of supple plain-weave cotton fabric. When the loincloth was worn, horizontal stripes at both ends, as well as the terminations of the sashes (or ties), would have been visible on the front and back side of the person. The extensive remaining fabric would have gathered loosely between the legs. The stripes provide a subtle hint of decoration to an otherwise simple but highly generous loincloth.
Excerpt from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Label text, 2017, A. H. Meadows Galleries.
NOTES
- Chimú, Late Intermediate Period, 1200–1470, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 12/23/13, and 06/19/14.
- Fun Facts Source: TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
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Chimú: AAT: 300017316
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Chimú (former nation/state/empire): TGN: 8698270
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670
weaving: AAT: 300053642
plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167
tabby (process): AAT: 300312167
tabby (textile): AAT: 300227906
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
weft-faced (weave / textile weaving processes and techniques): DMA
supplementary-weft (textile components/textile weaving techniques by patterning): DMA
pattern weft (supplementary weft/textile components): AAT: 300227866
weft patterning (supplementary weft/textile weaving techniques by patterning): AAT: 300228486
weft wrapping (techniques): AAT: 300228560
fringe (trimming): AAT: 300227830
Historical periods
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313
Individuals
Subject terms
loincloths (main garments): AAT: 300209923
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
stripes: AAT: 300010230
bands (decorative): DMA
white (color): AAT: 300129784
tan (color): AAT: 300266248
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
horizontality (form and composition concepts): AAT: 300065463
sash (costume component): AAT: 300216864
ties (fasteners): AAT: 300239307
decorating (process): AAT: 300056257
transparency (optical property): AAT: 300056220
Las Avispas (inhabited place / Sonora / Mexico): TGN: 7423587
Las Avispas (inhabited place / Jalisco / Mexico): TGN: 7377345
Las Avispas (inhabited place / Guanajuato / Mexico): TGN: 7416105
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1982: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
From 1982: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Nora Wise [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance was existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- This is the Las Avispas type and the Textile Museum has a similar piece, according to textile specialist Ann Pollard Rowe, former Curator of Western Hemisphere Collections at The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
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General Description
This impressive loincloth features a luxurious amount of supple plain-weave cotton fabric. When the loincloth was worn, horizontal stripes at both ends, as well as the terminations of the sashes (or ties), would have been visible on the front and back side of the person. The extensive remaining fabric would have gathered loosely between the legs. The stripes provide a subtle hint of decoration to an otherwise simple but highly generous loincloth.
Excerpt from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Label text, 2017, A. H. Meadows Galleries.
Fun Facts
- This is the Las Avispas type and the Textile Museum has a similar piece, according to textile specialist Ann Pollard Rowe, former Curator of Western Hemisphere Collections at The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
- Chimú, Late Intermediate Period, 1200–1470, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 12/23/13, and 06/19/14.
- Fun Facts Source: TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Chimú: AAT: 300017316
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Chimú (former nation/state/empire): TGN: 8698270
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670
weaving: AAT: 300053642
plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167
tabby (process): AAT: 300312167
tabby (textile): AAT: 300227906
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
weft-faced (weave / textile weaving processes and techniques): DMA
supplementary-weft (textile components/textile weaving techniques by patterning): DMA
pattern weft (supplementary weft/textile components): AAT: 300227866
weft patterning (supplementary weft/textile weaving techniques by patterning): AAT: 300228486
weft wrapping (techniques): AAT: 300228560
fringe (trimming): AAT: 300227830
Historical periods
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313
Individuals
Subject terms
loincloths (main garments): AAT: 300209923
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
stripes: AAT: 300010230
bands (decorative): DMA
white (color): AAT: 300129784
tan (color): AAT: 300266248
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
horizontality (form and composition concepts): AAT: 300065463
sash (costume component): AAT: 300216864
ties (fasteners): AAT: 300239307
decorating (process): AAT: 300056257
transparency (optical property): AAT: 300056220
Las Avispas (inhabited place / Sonora / Mexico): TGN: 7423587
Las Avispas (inhabited place / Jalisco / Mexico): TGN: 7377345
Las Avispas (inhabited place / Guanajuato / Mexico): TGN: 7416105
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1982: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
From 1982: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Nora Wise [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance was existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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