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Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9.jpg)
Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9.jpg)
Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_detail3.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_detail3.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_detail1.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_detail1.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_detail2.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_detail2.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_detail4.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_detail4.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_view3.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_view3.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_view2.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_view2.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_view1.jpg)

Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9_view1.jpg)

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CULTURE Chimú
MEDIUM Cotton, camelid fiber
DATES 1000-1532
PERIOD Late Horizon or Late Intermediate Period
DIMENSIONS 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 63.81.9
CREDIT LINE Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Chimú. Loincloth, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.63.81.9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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Chimú. <em>Loincloth</em>, 1000-1532. Cotton, camelid fiber, 37 1/2 x 74 in. without ties (95.2 x 188 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen, 63.81.9. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.63.81.9.jpg)

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