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Source Description
This is a fragment of what would have been an incredibly arresting Huari tunic, with the black and white stepped fret on a red background, interspersed with staff-bearing figures below (only the tops of the figures have survived.) This hints at the powerful religious tradition that had spread from the site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia to the central coast of Peru and was conveyed in a great deal of Huari art. This figure, shown in profile holding a staff, is based on a central figure at Tiwanaku’s Gateway of the Sun monument, and represents a deity likely related to the worship of the sun, or to a supreme primordial deity similar to the Inca god Viracocha.
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Document identity
localId
85454
label
Tunic Fragment
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
85454
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tunic Fragment
description
This is a fragment of what would have been an incredibly arresting Huari tunic, with the black and white stepped fret on a red background, interspersed with staff-bearing figures below (only the tops of the figures have survived.) This hints at the powerful religious tradition that had spread from the site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia to the central coast of Peru and was conveyed in a great deal of Huari art. This figure, shown in profile holding a staff, is based on a central figure at Tiwanaku’s Gateway of the Sun monument, and represents a deity likely related to the worship of the sun, or to a supreme primordial deity similar to the Inca god Viracocha.
provenance
Purchased by Georgia de Havenon, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 2016.
date
600-900 CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
tunic fragment
tunics
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
48.3
height
26.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 19 x W: 10 1/2 in. (48.26 x 26.67 cm)
Source extras
cul
Huari
med
camelid fibers
creator_ids
31448
collection_ids
AME
exhibition_ids
2988
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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adb95339467c5e40
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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85da2ab4ede9b7f8
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no
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no