Two Textile Fragment with Fanged Heads
500–200 BC
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Two Textile Fragment with Fanged Heads, 500–200 BC. Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Chavín style (1000-200 BC). Cotton, plain weave patterned by fiber-wrapped warps and supplementary wefts; overall: 112 x 61.2 cm (44 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.); mounted: 123.8 x 72.4 cm (48 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1985.139 Fanged heads are common markers of the supernatural in Chavín art.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- cotton, plain weave patterned by fiber-wrapped warps and supplementary wefts
- Medium
- cotton, plain, weave, patterned, fiber-wrapped, warps, supplementary, wefts
- Dimensions
- Overall: 112 x 61.2 cm (44 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.); Mounted: 123.8 x 72.4 cm (48 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1985.139
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Andean Gallery 107 Rotation, Chavin - Arrival of the Gods in the Andes, Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation, Ancient Andean Textiles (Ancient Andean textile rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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