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Source Description
This piece is a simplified representation of a Sun god or deity shown standing frontally, an almost direct quotation from the Gateway of the Sun monument at the site of Tiwanaku, although simplified and amplified by the use of saturated colors. The figure is missing two flanking staffs, but has ray-like forms emanating from it, with these headdress elements or appendages ending in puma heads. The monument’s entourage of winged figures in squares that flank the central figure is also here replaced by the white and red checkerboard pattern, which the Inca culture would later harness for its visibility in tunics for their emissaries
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Document identity
localId
85458
label
Tunic Panel
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
85458
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tunic Panel
description
This piece is a simplified representation of a Sun god or deity shown standing frontally, an almost direct quotation from the Gateway of the Sun monument at the site of Tiwanaku, although simplified and amplified by the use of saturated colors. The figure is missing two flanking staffs, but has ray-like forms emanating from it, with these headdress elements or appendages ending in puma heads. The monument’s entourage of winged figures in squares that flank the central figure is also here replaced by the white and red checkerboard pattern, which the Inca culture would later harness for its visibility in tunics for their emissaries
provenance
Purchased by Georgia de Havenon, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 2016.
date
400-800 CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
panels (costume components)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
34.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/4 x L: 13 5/8 in. (9.53 x 34.67 cm)
Source extras
cul
Tiwanaku
med
camelid fibers
creator_ids
34631
collection_ids
AME
exhibition_ids
2988
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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2e20d32bf863b2ae
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
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photo
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177d287b5e97fc28
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
d7af21d3d8759cab
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no