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The bird-headed creature in profile that repeats in each of this tunic's design fields gazes upward, holds a staff of authority in front of its body, and wears an ornate headdress behind which a three-feathered wing can be seen. The extremely high technical quality of such tunics suggests that the Wari reserved bird imagery for their most exalted rulers. Here, the original incorporated more than twice as much yarn as the routine--some 19 miles, all handmade and much dyed an inky, dark blue, the most prestigious of Wari colors.
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164428
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Tunic Fragments with Bird-Headed Creature
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164428
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title
Tunic Fragments with Bird-Headed Creature
description
The bird-headed creature in profile that repeats in each of this tunic's design fields gazes upward, holds a staff of authority in front of its body, and wears an ornate headdress behind which a three-feathered wing can be seen. The extremely high technical quality of such tunics suggests that the Wari reserved bird imagery for their most exalted rulers. Here, the original incorporated more than twice as much yarn as the routine--some 19 miles, all handmade and much dyed an inky, dark blue, the most prestigious of Wari colors.
date
600–1000
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79992008
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 88.6 x 101.9 cm (34 7/8 x 40 1/8 in.)
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Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari, 6th-11th century
accession
2005.53
Source extras
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Camelid fiber, cotton; tapestry weave
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Tunic Fragments with Bird-Headed Creature, 600–1000. Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari, 6th-11th century. Camelid fiber, cotton; tapestry weave; overall: 88.6 x 101.9 cm (34 7/8 x 40 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2005.53
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
citations
citation
Bergh, Susan E., "From the Realm of the Condor", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 47 no. 08, October 2007
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6
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
Mentiioned: p. 272, cat. 103; Reproduced: p. 166, fig. 152
citation
Bergh, Susan E. "Lords of the Ancient Andes." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 52, no. 6 (November/December 2012): 4-6.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 6
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 08:31:39.014000
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164428
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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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