id: 164421 accession number: 2005.5.2 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.5.2 updated: 2023-04-23 11:16:03.262000 Loincloth, 1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability). Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s. Cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots; overall: 151.1 x 57.2 cm (59 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.); mounted: 167.6 x 71.1 cm (66 x 28 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2005.5.2 title: Loincloth title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1425–1500 (radiocarbon date, 92.3% probability) creation date earliest: 1425 creation date latest: 1500 current location: 232 Andean creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s technique: cotton; plain weave, brocaded and complex alternating gauze with 5 shots of plain weave between gauze shots department: Textiles collection: T - Pre-Columbian type: Garment find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 151.1 x 57.2 cm (59 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.); Mounted: 167.6 x 71.1 cm (66 x 28 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00 The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006). title: Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation opening date: 2014-08-27T04:00:00 Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27, 2014-July 27, 2015). title: Ancient Andean Textiles (Gallery 232 rotation) opening date: 2022-12-09T05:00:00 Ancient Andean Textiles (Gallery 232 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 9, 2022-December 3, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Ancient Americas- Art From Sacred Landscapes, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (October 10, 1992- January 3, 1993); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, (February- April 18, 1993); The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, (June 6- August 15, 1993). --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This loincloth is huge! digital description: Loincloths were basic men’s wear in ancient Peru. But the extraordinary size of some examples—this one is about eight feet long, unfolded—makes it difficult to know how they were worn, except that they were tied around the waist with the decorated panels hanging at the front and back of the body. The appearance may have been that of a billowing skirt. wall description: Loincloths were basic men’s wear in ancient Peru. However, the extraordinary size of high-status examples—this one is eight feet long when unfolded—makes it hard to know how they were arranged on the body, except that they were tied around the waist with the decorated panels hanging at the front and back. The final appearance may have been that of a billowing skirt. Men’s costume was completed by a matching tunic, a rectangular mantle draped around the shoulders, and headgear like a turban. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Rowe, Ann Pollard, and John P. O'Neill. Costumes & featherwork of the Lords of Chimor: textiles from Peru's north coast. 1984. page number: url: Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. page number: p. 48 & 116 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.5.2/2005.5.2_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.5.2/2005.5.2_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.5.2/2005.5.2_full.tif