From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: Indigenous Americas

Textile Fragment from Peru

Post author By GW Museum
Post date May 14, 2025

Textile fragment, Chavín style, Peru, Early Horizon (900-200 BCE). Cotton; painting, plain weave; 38 x 33 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1981.36.11D. Gift of James G. Pepper.

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Mola Blouse from Panama

Post author By GW Museum
Post date March 12, 2025

Mola blouse; Panama, San Blas Islands; 20th century. Cotton; machine woven, plain weave, appliqué. The Textile Museum Collection 2000.24.85. Ann Parker and Avon Neal Mola Collection, given jointly with the Neals by Frederick C. Seibold, Jr.

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Mola Blouse from Panama

Post author By GW Museum
Post date January 10, 2024

Colorful textile depicting leaves and a parrot on the right and another bird on the left in a reverse applique technique.

Mola blouse; Panama, San Blas Islands; 20th century. Cotton; plain weave, machine woven, appliqué, reverse appliqué; 60 x 62 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1985.56.28. Donated from the Collection of Jonathan Leonard.

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Coca Bag from Bolivia

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 26, 2023

Detail of a woven textile with red, green, lavender and dark brown vertical stripes

Bag; Bolivia, dept. La Paz, prov. Pacajes, Achiri area; 20th century. Wool; warp-faced plain weave and complementary warp weave; 15 x 15 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1985.27.29. Meadowcroft Bolivian Textile Collection.

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Hat from Peru

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 26, 2022

Four corned hat with each corner ending in a whimsical peak. The design is colorful and geometric. — Photo by Bruce M. White Photography.

Hat, Peru, 7th/9th century. Camelid hair, 15 x 12 x 12 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0047.