Artist:Wari
Medium: Cotton, camelid fiber
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:650–800
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 11/16 in. (28.6 x 22.1 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 58.204
Image: 58.204_SL1.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Glove of plain weave cotton fiber with tapestry-woven imagery in cotton and dyed camelid fibers. Decoration includes typical Wari elements such as fingernail tips, feline figures with split eyes, and profile feline heads with curved noses. The central human figure is Moche in style with a tumi knife headdress, serpent-headed belt and warrior backflap, and a shield and ceremonial goblet held in the figure's hands. Condition: fair; the plain-weave cotton structure is damaged with about 10% of glove missing especially around the wrist.