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Source Description
An extremely abstract supernatural sacrifice repeats in different colors and orientations across the body of this tunic, which was shortened on one side in antiquity. Look for the toothy black-and-white mouth in the sacrificer's upward-gazing head; other facial features include a button nose and a vertically divided eye. The figure holds the L-shaped haft of an axe behind its back and, at the front of its body, a short staff with a severed, upside-down human head on the top.
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Document identity
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165184
label
Tunic with Sacrificer
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object
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1
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165184
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object
title
Tunic with Sacrificer
description
An extremely abstract supernatural sacrifice repeats in different colors and orientations across the body of this tunic, which was shortened on one side in antiquity. Look for the toothy black-and-white mouth in the sacrificer's upward-gazing head; other facial features include a button nose and a vertically divided eye. The figure holds the L-shaped haft of an axe behind its back and, at the front of its body, a short staff with a severed, upside-down human head on the top.
date
600–1000
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79993762
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 202.6 x 112 cm (79 3/4 x 44 1/8 in.)
cul
South America, Peru, Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari people, 7th-11th century
accession
2007.179
Source extras
tec
camelid-fiber, cotton; tapestry weave
tombstone
Tunic with Sacrificer, 600–1000. South America, Peru, Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari people, 7th-11th century. Camelid-fiber, cotton; tapestry weave; overall: 202.6 x 112 cm (79 3/4 x 44 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2007.179
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
citations
citation
Bergh, Susan E., Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Luis Jaime Castillo. <em>Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes.</em> [New York]: Thames & Hudson; [Cleveland] : The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. 114, p. 273; Reproduced: p. 164, fig. 150a, b
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:34:36.696000
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165184
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Textiles
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T - Pre-Columbian
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camelid-fiber, cotton; tapestry weave
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photo
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