Moche-Huari brocade

Room 5, Vitrine 47

Textile
Coast of northern Peru
Fusion Epoch (800-1300 AD)
ML600067

• Material: Cotton thread in plain fabric. Decoration employing dyed camelid fibers.
• Technique: Simple plain weave decorated with supplementary weft or brocade technique.
• This textile panel features figures shown with their heads in profile, carrying two scepter-like staffs used by leaders as a symbol of power.
• It probably came from the Castillo de Huarmey (Ancash) site, on Peru’s central coast.