Tunic, 400-200 BC. Creator: Unknown.

Tunic, 400-200 BC. Creator: Unknown.

2-746-477 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Tunic, 400-200 BC. The striking, large-scale figure shown on this tunic has an elaborate, monkey-like tail as well as head appendages that mark the creature as supernatural. This tunic, a relatively rare type, was made not on a loom but rather by working the yarns into loops with a needle. It is made entirely with camelid fiber, which can readily be dyed in a range of vivid colours. The fiber comes from one of the four camels (camelids) native to the Andes Mountains—the alpaca and llama, both domesticated, and the wild guanaco and vicuña. On the coast, it represents a prestige import.


Image Details


Medium
  1. Looped camelid fiber

Picture Type
  1. Textile

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 1341x1536
File Size : 6,035kb


Aliases

  1. 1940.514
  1. 119675
  1. 0940008955
  1. 1940.514
  1. 2-746-477
  1. 2746477

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