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Tapestry Panel

Wari

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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. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

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Culture

Wari

Title

Tapestry Panel

Date

600–1000

Period

Middle Horizon Period

Geography

Place found: Peru

Medium

Cotton, camelid fiber

Classification

Textile

Dimensions

39 1/4 x 41 3/8 in. (99.7 x 105.1 cm)

Credit Line

Frank L. Babbott Fund

Accession Number

53.147

Frequent Art Questions

  • How are the colors so bright and well preserved in this 600-1000 CE textile?

    The textiles were likely discovered in burials on the South coast of Peru in one of driest regions of the world. This climate preserved the textiles and there pigments. For this Wari textile we do not know exactly where it was discovered.
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Wari

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