Indian weavers in Peru, during the Spanish Colonial Period, produced some magnificent tapestries, of which the Textile Museum of Washington, D.C., has several notable examples. Although the basic techniques for making them were inherited differed completely from those of Ancient Peru. In fact, one of the most appealing features of these tapestries is the way in which their makers assembled odd mixtures of exotic animals, birds, and flowers, drawn from many lands and cultures. Combining these in carefully balanced compositions, they still managed to preserve their liveliness, so the modern viewer is attracted by the animation of the figures as well as the brilliant coloring, and often by a subtle humor, too. In this article, we shall consider primarily a few Chinese elements that appear in a particular set of these tapestries, and try to determine the way in which they happened to reach Peru.