Tapestry Fragment (Q60740248)

Label from: English (en)

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artist: no value
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used: camelid fiber (Q64175838) cotton (Q11457)
fabrication method: tapestry weaving (Q29167534)
instance of: textile artwork (Q22075301) tapestry (Q184296) fragment (Q11086567) textile (Q28823)

catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.223

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description: The prominent figure duplicated on this brightly colored fragment is known today simply as a “Lord,” a term that reveals uncertainty about his identity but confidence in his prestige, conveyed in part by his elaborate headdress. Whether a king or a deity, he was crucially important to the north coast Lambayeque (lahm-buy-

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