Inka-Chimú
Shirt Brocaded with Repeated Bird Motifs
Inka-Chimú, 1300-1599
Physical Qualities
Cotton, camelid fiber, dye, 64 × 33 1/16 in. (162.6 × 83.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kenneth S. Battye, Baltimore
Object Number
2007.240
Man's shirt or unku of Precolumbian or Colonial origin. Tan/brown cloth is brocaded with two red stylized birds at each side of the neck slit. The base of the shirt bears 11 horizontal strips of brocaded cloth in red and bue. Each strip bears the repeated motif of tiny stylized birds in yellow, white, green, red, and blue. The neck slit appears to be unusually long because it has been torn.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2007; Kenneth S. Battye, Baltimore
