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Central Andes Collection

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Tunic Fragments with Bird-Headed Creature, 600-1000. Creator: Unknown

Tunic Fragments with Bird-Headed Creature, 600-1000. Creator: Unknown
Tunic Fragments with Bird-Headed Creature, 600-1000. The bird-headed creature in profile that repeats in each of this tunics design fields gazes upward

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Tunic (Shirt) with Tapestry-woven Yoke, 650-850. Creator: Unknown

Tunic (Shirt) with Tapestry-woven Yoke, 650-850. Creator: Unknown
Tunic (Shirt) with Tapestry-woven Yoke, 650-850. Likely an item of mens wear, this tunic displays a variety of motifs. In the rectangle at the center of the chest is a frontal figure that repeats

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Two Tapestry-woven Panel Fragments, 1000-1460s. Creator: Unknown

Two Tapestry-woven Panel Fragments, 1000-1460s. Creator: Unknown
Two Tapestry-woven Panel Fragments, 1000-1460s. These two fragments, mounted side-by-side, come from the Chimu Empire of Perus north coast

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Tunic with Sacrificer, 600-1000. Creator: Unknown

Tunic with Sacrificer, 600-1000. Creator: Unknown
Tunic with Sacrificer, 600-1000. An extremely abstract supernatural sacrifice repeats in different colours and orientations across the body of this tunic

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Tunic with Frontal Figures, 1400-1532. Creator: Unknown

Tunic with Frontal Figures, 1400-1532. Creator: Unknown
Tunic with Frontal Figures, 1400-1532. This tunic was made by weavers of the Ychsma ( yeach- mah) people, who were affiliated with Pachacamac

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Tapestry-woven Yoke from a Tunic, 800-1200?. Creator: Unknown

Tapestry-woven Yoke from a Tunic, 800-1200?. Creator: Unknown
Tapestry-woven Yoke from a Tunic, 800-1200?. This fragment comes from the neck area of a tunic; the shoulder fold would have divided the diamond in half horizontally

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Ornament with Figure, 600-1000. Creator: Unknown

Ornament with Figure, 600-1000. Creator: Unknown
Ornament with Figure, 600-1000. Affixed to a section of white shell is the image of a Wari dignitary, assembled of carefully carved mosaic elements

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Loincloth with Feather(?) Motifs, 1000-1532. Creator: Unknown

Loincloth with Feather(?) Motifs, 1000-1532. Creator: Unknown
Loincloth with Feather(?) Motifs, 1000-1532

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Sleeved Tunic, 1460s-1532. Creator: Unknown

Sleeved Tunic, 1460s-1532. Creator: Unknown
Sleeved Tunic, 1460s-1532. The Chancay people of Perus central coast created one of the ancient Andes best-known textile legacies--artistically elaborate tunics and loincloths worn by men

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Lower Border of a Garment, 1000-1470s. Creator: Unknown

Lower Border of a Garment, 1000-1470s. Creator: Unknown
Lower Border of a Garment, 1000-1470s

Background imageCentral Andes Collection: Backrest of a Litter, 900-1470. Creator: Unknown

Backrest of a Litter, 900-1470. Creator: Unknown
Backrest of a Litter, 900-1470. This rare, dramatic object served as the back support of a litter carried by human porters


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