Man's Tunic

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Man's Tunic

Peru, North Coast, Inca or Chimu, Inka, late 15th-early 16th century
Costumes; principal attire (entire body)
Cotton plain weave ground with applied feathers
24 3/4 × 27 1/2 in. (62.87 × 69.85 cm) (WxH) Dimensions as currently mounted (HxWxD) : 28 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 3/4 inches (width is 24 3/4 in. + screw eyes)
Costume Council and Museum Associates Purchase (M.77.70.12)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot. Sacred Gifts: Precolumbian Art and Creativity. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1994.

Exhibition history

  • Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012