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Tapestry Panel

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Wari
MEDIUM Cotton, camelid fiber
  • Place Found: Peru
  • DATES 600–1000
    PERIOD Middle Horizon Period
    DIMENSIONS 39 1/4 x 41 3/8 in. (99.7 x 105.1 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 53.147
    CREDIT LINE Frank L. Babbott Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A single tapestry panel with an alternating pattern of human heads wearing tasseled, four-cornered hats, and fanged supernatural beings with a protruding tongues. A hole in the center of this textile was cut at a later date, indicating that it was probably worn as a tunic. Condition: Fair overall. Side seams have been cut and the textile is open and flat. The overall woven structure remains intact, but there are some small losses in the dark areas.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Wari. Tapestry Panel, 600–1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 39 1/4 x 41 3/8 in. (99.7 x 105.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 53.147. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 53.147_PS1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 53.147_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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    Wari. <em>Tapestry Panel</em>, 600–1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 39 1/4 x 41 3/8 in. (99.7 x 105.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 53.147. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 53.147_PS1.jpg)