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Object Label

This Wari tunic with abstract tapestry-woven designs is slightly later than the other two examples displayed nearby. The rectangular images on the four vertical bands are actually abstracted faces, in profile, with a vertical split eye, teardrop line, fanged mouth, and hat. These faces alternate with a stepped-fret motif (steps connected to a spiral), and these designs are deliberately compressed and distorted in some places, especially toward the sides.

More common than the sleeved varieties, this tunic and the numerous others with similar abstract imagery suggest a standardization of garment style and decoration, including frequent use of the color red. This standardization may indicate state control of textile production within Wari society.

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Esta túnica Wari con diseños abstractos de técnica del tapiz es un poco posterior a los otros ejemplares exhibidos contiguamente. Las imágenes rectangulares en las cuatro bandas verticales son, en realidad, rostros en abstracción, de perfil, con un ojo rasgado vertical, una línea de lágrima, una boca con colmillos y un sombrero. Estos rostros se alternan con un motivo de ondulaciones escalonado (escalones conectados a una espiral), y estos diseños han sido comprimidos y distorsionados deliberadamente en algunas áreas, especialmente hacia los lados.

Más común que las variantes con mangas, esta túnica y tantas otras con similares diseños abstractos, sugiere una estandarización del estilo de las prendas de vestir y la decoración, incluyendo el uso frecuente del color rojo. Esta estandarización, puede ser indicativa del control estatal de la producción textil en la sociedad Wari.

Caption

Wari. Tunic, 650–1000. Cotton, camelid fiber, 40 3/16 x 43 11/16 in. (102 x 111 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 41.229. Creative Commons-BY

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Wari

Title

Tunic

Date

650–1000

Geography

Place found: Ica?, South Coast, Peru

Medium

Cotton, camelid fiber

Classification

Clothing

Dimensions

40 3/16 x 43 11/16 in. (102 x 111 cm)

Credit Line

A. Augustus Healy Fund

Accession Number

41.229

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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