Border Fragment

Border Fragment

1000-1476 · Peru

Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of plain weave, slit tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts, and three-color complementary weft weave; edged with plain weave extended weft loop fringe

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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