Woman’s Wedding Mantle (lliclla), 16th or 17th century. Lake Titicaca, Peru. Tapestry weave cotton warp, camelid, metallic, and possibly viscacha hair weft, 43 3/8 x 46 ¾ inches. National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute Washington D.C. Textile...
Casta Painting by Juan Rodriguez Juarez, De Mulato y mestiza, produce mulato es torna atrás (translation: Mulatto and Mestiza Produce a Mulatto Return-Backwards), 1715, oil on canvas, 102.9 cm x 144.1 cm, private collection. In New Spain during the period in...
Ornamental and protective gauze with embroidered fish designs, 1100 – 1450 AD. Lauri, Chancay, Lima, Perú. Cotton gauze weave and embroidery, 40 ½ x 37 ½ in. Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum, Lima, Perú. Cloth has been a significant part of Andean...
