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Tapestry panel from a Tiwanaku-style tunic
Possibly Pukara culture
A.D. 250–450
Object Place: Tiwanaku, Peru
Medium/Technique
Wool [camelid] tapestry
Dimensions
Overall: 48.9 x 77.5cm (19 1/4 x 30 1/2in.)
Credit Line
Charles Potter Kling Fund
Accession Number1994.203
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCamelid fibers; interlocked tapestry with paired warps. Predominantly indigo panel consisting of two loom widths joined at central seam. Face represents Sun god on a stepped platform with puma head appendages surrounded by other human and avian-headed attendants. Condition: good, several areas of reweaving, some areas of loss.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Texas. 1994, sold by Merrin Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 1994)