DMA Insight

Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art

Cultures & Traditions

Chancay

Terms

Andean Orthography

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Panel with rectangles of blue and yellow featherwork

Cultures & Traditions

Inca (Inka)

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Double-spout strap-handle vessel: double-headed serpent deity

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Sling

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Sling

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Sling

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Four-cornered hat

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Four-cornered hat

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Headband

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Effigy jar: figure holding sling

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Bag

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Four-cornered hat

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Flared bowl with supernatural heads

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Border: winged figures

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Four-cornered hat

Cultures & Traditions

Coca in the Andes

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Double spout strap handle vessel, deity heads

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Jar with human face and double-headed serpents

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Four-cornered hat

Cultures & Traditions

Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku)

Cultures & Traditions

Wari (Huari)

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Border

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Pair of leg ornaments (?)

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Band: alternating figures and birds

Times & Places

Andes, South America

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Bag

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Four-cornered mantle

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Headband

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Bag

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Jar with lug

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Border: knife-bearing figures and stepped frets

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Tunic with profile heads and step frets

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Panel with feline figures