Culture/People:

possibly Chancay (archaeological culture) (attributed)  Search this

Previous owner:

Emil Willimetz (Emil Joseph Willimetz), Non-Indian, 1918-2003  Search this

Joanna Creighton Willimetz (Joanna Jordan Creighton/Mrs. Emil Willimetz), Non-Indian, 1925-2017  Search this

Donor:

Emil Willimetz (Emil Joseph Willimetz), Non-Indian, 1918-2003  Search this

Joanna Creighton Willimetz (Joanna Jordan Creighton/Mrs. Emil Willimetz), Non-Indian, 1925-2017  Search this

Honoree:

Lois C. Abbott (Lois Creighton/Mrs. Seth Abbott), Non-Indian  Search this

James A. Creighton, Jr. (James Alexander Creighton), Non-Indian, 1919-2008  Search this

Object Name:

Clothing/garment part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)

Media/Materials:

Camelid hair yarn, cotton yarn

Techniques:

Woven, double cloth/double woven, supplementary warp woven, sewn, aboriginally repaired

Dimensions:

40 x 20 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments

Place:

Peru

Date created:

AD 1000–1470 (Late Intermediate period)

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Emil Joseph Willimetz (1918-2003) and Joanna Creighton Willimetz (1925-2017); possibly acquired when Emil Willimetz worked on film projects in Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s; donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Willimetz in 1981 on behalf of Joanna Willimetz’s sister, Lois Creighton Abbott (Mrs. Seth Abbott), and brother James Alexander Creighton Jr. (1919-2008).

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Catalog Number:

25/1989

Barcode:

251989.000

See related items:

Chancay (archaeological culture)

Clothing/Garments

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69e398388-0054-48f1-988d-44a4ef0a1774

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_267904