Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 4 objects tagged pre-Columbian.

Design called "Maya" shows series of masks; printed in brown, red, yellow, blue and green on natural linen ground.

Textile, Maya, 1940
linen.
1940-112-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Totemic shapes cut from red, blue, green, brown, and purple tissue paper mounted on a painted orange background.

Collage, Textile Design: Cutout, no. 635-640, 1954
tissue paper, colored paper, brush and gouache on white wove paper.
Gift of Alexander H. Girard.
1969-165-232

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Netted panel with a pattern of parallel zigzag lines, with two strings attched.

Netted Textile (Peru), 300–100 BC
maguey fiber.
Museum purchase through gift of Marie Torrance Hadden.
1947-31-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two fabrics sewn together (one on the outside, one on the inside - each a loomed width) to form a circular band. The fabric on the outside is tapestry-woven band with four panels, each showing a full-face standing figure wearing a headdress on a red, green or black background. The drawing is in the Tiahuanaco style but lacks the expected precision. The fabric on the inside is a heavy single weft double-cloth patterned by brown and ivory panels of checkerboard.

Cap (Peru), 800–1100
wool.
Gift of Clara Waldeck.
1969-170-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.