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Wari. <em>Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment</em>, 600–1000 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.553. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.553_PS9.jpg)
Wari. Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment, 600–1000 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.553. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.553_PS9.jpg)
Wari. <em>Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment</em>, 600–1000 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.553. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.553_PS9.jpg)

Wari. Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment, 600–1000 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.553. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.553_PS9.jpg)

Wari. <em>Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment</em>, 600–1000 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.553. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.553_glass_bw.jpg)

Wari. Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment, 600–1000 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.553. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.553_glass_bw.jpg)

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Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Wari
MEDIUM Cotton, camelid fiber
  • Place Found: South Coast, Peru
    • DATES 600–1000 C.E.
    PERIOD Middle Horizon Period
    DIMENSIONS 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
    ACCESSION NUMBER 34.553
    CREDIT LINE George C. Brackett Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Textile fragment with squares of repeating camelid figures in a checkered pattern. Size: adult. Probable wearer: male or undetermined. Vertical cotton warp. Cotton and camelid fiber weft. Reinforced tapestry, reversible. Design: animal with curled tail (AR).
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Wari. Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment, 600–1000 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.553. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.553_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 34.553_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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    Wari. <em>Mantle, Fragment or Carrying Cloth, Fragment</em>, 600–1000 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 11 7/16 x 11 13/16 in. (29 x 30 cm). Brooklyn Museum, George C. Brackett Fund, 34.553. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.553_PS9.jpg)

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