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Source Description
The imagery in the central field of this unique tunic—animals with long tails and three-toed feet—seems to have been created by painting a slurry-like material on the pale areas to protect them when the fabric was immersed in a bath that turned other areas light brown. Then the slurry was removed, revealing the pattern. The checkerboard areas at the sides, on the other hand, are woven with brown and cream-colored yarns. Specialists puzzle over the origins of the tunic, some attributing it to the Paracas (700 BCE–1 CE) and others to the Nasca (100 BCE–650 CE), who sprang from Paracas roots.
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163708
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Tunic with Profile Animals and Checkerboards
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object
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1
Source metadata
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163708
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object
title
Tunic with Profile Animals and Checkerboards
description
The imagery in the central field of this unique tunic—animals with long tails and three-toed feet—seems to have been created by painting a slurry-like material on the pale areas to protect them when the fabric was immersed in a bath that turned other areas light brown. Then the slurry was removed, revealing the pattern. The checkerboard areas at the sides, on the other hand, are woven with brown and cream-colored yarns. Specialists puzzle over the origins of the tunic, some attributing it to the Paracas (700 BCE–1 CE) and others to the Nasca (100 BCE–650 CE), who sprang from Paracas roots.
date
410–540 CE (radiocarbon date, 93% probability)
citation
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CC0
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en
wikidata
Q79990186
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Textile
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1
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import
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Overall: 72.4 x 104.1 cm (28 1/2 x 41 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Paracas or Nasca?
accession
2005.16
Source extras
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cotton; dye-patterned plain weave
tombstone
Tunic with Profile Animals and Checkerboards, 410–540 CE (radiocarbon date, 93% probability). Peru, South Coast, Paracas or Nasca?. Cotton; dye-patterned plain weave; overall: 72.4 x 104.1 cm (28 1/2 x 41 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2005.16
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
citations
citation
Donley, Gregory M., "Multi-track Mind", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 46 no. 03, March 2006
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced: p. 5
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 08:30:47.134000
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163708
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Textiles
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T - Pre-Columbian
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cotton; dye-patterned plain weave
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0
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