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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 2478185, member: 45&quot;]Right, not related at all to the Aztec (Mexico, 1300 to 1521 A.D.)&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s from Peru; specifically, the Wari culture, (also known as Huari) which spread along the coastline and into the central highlands, from roughly 500 to 1100 A.D.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is actually a copy of a famous Wari weaving in the textile collection of the Museum of Anthropology, Archaeology, and History, in Lima.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Outside of Peru, the number of historic Peruvian area cultures and empires is not often realized, (other than the Inca.)&nbsp; But Chavin, Cupisnique, Moche, Paracas, Nasca, Huari, and Chimu cultures actually existed before the Inca.&nbsp; Textiles were very important in all of these, and the arid conditions have enabled many examples to be preserved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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