Art Institute of Chicago
Tunic
ParacasLinkedCulture matchlcp-251ffd7e1269
- Date
- 200 BCE-1 BCE
- Medium
- Wool (camelid), simple looping; applied wool (camelid) braided neck edging; and unspun wool fringe
- Culture
- Peru
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 5366
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This tunic is identifiable through the slit at the center to accommodate the wearer’s head and neck. The geometric design of interlaced stepped diagonal lines suggests the twisting together of threads to make yarn, a fitting motif for a textile. Similar motifs appear on ceramic vessels made by the Paracas; the use of the same twisted-thread design across different media demonstrates a consistent visual language and attests to the primacy of textiles as a means of aesthetic expression for the Paracas.
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- Credit line
- Simeon B. Williams Fund
- Provenance
- Pablo Soldi, Ica, Peru, by Apr. 26, 1957 [through Pan American Shop, New York; incoming receipt RX2213, Apr. 26, 1957; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1957.
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- Object type
- AAT300209261
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