Carrying Cloth
| Title | Carrying Cloth |
|---|---|
| Artist | Provincial Inca Peru, south coast, Rio Grande Valley |
| Date | 1476-1532 15th century |
| Medium | Double cloth; edges embroidered with wool yarn; braided straps at each corner ending in tassels |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | Peru Peru |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Henry G. Barkhausen |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Carrying Cloth” is a work by Provincial Inca Peru, south coast, Rio Grande Valley, dated 1476-1532. It is executed in double cloth; edges embroidered with wool yarn; braided straps at each corner ending in tassels and classified as textile. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Catalogued as textile. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to 1476-1532. Explore the wider set of works from the 15th century held in the archive.
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Made available through the Art Institute of Chicago open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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