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Mantle with Layered Tab Fringe, c. 1200-1500 A.D. Chimu culture; North Coast Peru Alpaca wool…
Mantle
Mantle with Layered Tab Fringe, c. 1200-1500 A.D. Chimu culture; North Coast Peru Alpaca wool…
Mantle with Layered Tab Fringe, c. 1200-1500 A.D. Chimu culture; North Coast Peru Alpaca wool and cotton; 38 x 41 1/2 in. 91.26.479 Gift of Roy and Bentley Dillard

Mantle

ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-outerwear
Culture Chimú
Date1200-1500 CE
Made AtPeru, South America
MediumAlpaca wool and cotton
Dimensions38 × 41 1/2 in. (96.5 × 105.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Roy and Bentley Dillard
Object number91.26.479
DescriptionThe decoration on this mantle consists of bands of positive upward-pointing stepped frets in red representing feminine earth forces and negative downward-pointing stepped frets in white as negative design representing the masculine sky forces. The union of the two implies fertility, harmony and balance. These essential ideas are repeated in the union of crook-elements also arranged in paired downward and upward pointing bands. Note that the downward pointing bands are a lighter red than their opposites.
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