Tunic with stepped triangles and birds in medallions
- DATE:
- 1400–1540
- MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE:
- Cotton and camelid fiber
- CLASSIFICATION:
- Textiles
- DIMENSIONS:
- Overall: 22 x 46 3/4 in. (55.88 x 118.745 cm)
- DEPARTMENT:
- Arts of the Americas
- LOCATION:
- Not On View
- CREDIT LINE:
- Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Janis and William Wetsman
- COPYRIGHT:
- Image courtesy Dallas Museum of Art
- OBJECT NUMBER:
- 2006.27
General Description
This tunic displays four pairs of natural brown and cream camelid fiber fields linked together through red, brown, and yellow zigzags, which all angle downward from the same direction. Crenulated diamond-shaped medallions in the upper and lower fields feature double-headed sea birds with marked eyes flanked by triangles. The side borders, neckline, and seams are elaborated with red interlinked diamonds with yellow circles inside. The dark brown step-and-bar pattern unifies the textile along the base.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text, 2015.