id:			164430
accession number:	2005.53.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.53.b
updated:		2022-01-04 17:37:38.291000

Half of a Sleeved Tunic, c. 500-1000. Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari, 6th-11th century. Single-interlocked tapestry; cotton warp; camelid fiber weft; overall: 88.6 x 101.9 cm (34 7/8 x 40 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2005.53.b

title:				Half of a Sleeved Tunic
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creation date:			c. 500-1000
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		1000
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari, 6th-11th century
technique:	single-interlocked tapestry; cotton warp; camelid fiber weft
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Pre-Columbian
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 88.6 x 101.9 cm (34 7/8 x 40 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes
	opening date:   2012-10-28T00:00:00
	<i>Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 28, 2012-January 6, 2013).

	title:		Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2015-08-05T04:00:00
	<i>Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 5, 2015-August 29, 2016).

	title:		Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2020-11-14T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2020-August 19, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
The bird-headed creature in profile that repeats in each of this tunic's design fields gazes upward, holds a staff of authority in front of its body, and wears an ornate headdress behind which a three-feathered wing can be seen. The extremely high technical quality of such tunics suggests that the Wari reserved bird imagery for their most exalted rulers. Here, the original incorporated more than twice as much yarn as the routine--some 19 miles, all handmade and much dyed an inky, dark blue, the most prestigious of Wari colors.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Bergh, Susan E., Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Luis Jaime Castillo. Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes. [New York]: Thames &amp; Hudson, 2012.
	page number: 	p.166,  272
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IMAGES

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