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Source Description
This jewel-like textile, perhaps the only one of its kind, is made from a single band accordion-folded to form tabs, each edged with lush red tassels. Repeated in different colors down its length is the image of a warrior who holds an axe in one hand and a jagged, club-like object in the other. The reversed orientation of several of the warriors may be the result of the weaving method.
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Document identity
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171611
label
Band (Headband?)
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object
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Source metadata
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171611
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object
title
Band (Headband?)
description
This jewel-like textile, perhaps the only one of its kind, is made from a single band accordion-folded to form tabs, each edged with lush red tassels. Repeated in different colors down its length is the image of a warrior who holds an axe in one hand and a jagged, club-like object in the other. The reversed orientation of several of the warriors may be the result of the weaving method.
date
c. 650–850
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80082265
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 59.4 x 10.8 x 8.3 cm (23 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
cul
Central Andes, Moche-Wari Style, mid-7th to mid-9th century
accession
2014.389
Source extras
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Camelid fiber (alpaca; weft) and cotton (warp); tapestry weave
tombstone
Band (Headband?), c. 650–850. Central Andes, Moche-Wari Style, mid-7th to mid-9th century. Camelid fiber (alpaca; weft) and cotton (warp); tapestry weave; overall: 59.4 x 10.8 x 8.3 cm (23 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2014.389
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
didYouKnow
This unusual band may have been worn as a headband.
citations
citation
“Exhibitions Through May 2022.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>62, no. 1: 8-9.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 9.
citation
Lavalle, José Antonio de. <em>Huari: Culturas Precolombinas</em>. Lima: Banco de Crédito del Peru, 1984.
page_number
p. 92
citation
Bergh, Susan. “Acquisition Highlights 2014: Pre-Columbian and Native North American Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 55, no. 2 (March/April 2015): 12-13.
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Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 13
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 08:48:48.374000
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171611
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Textiles
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T - Pre-Columbian
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Camelid fiber (alpaca; weft) and cotton (warp); tapestry weave
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