Carrying Cloth or Shawl600-850

Not on view

Title: Carrying Cloth or Shawl
Culture: Wari
Place Made: Peru, South Coast
Date Made: 600-850
Medium: Camelid fiber and cotton plain weave with supplementary weft patterning borders of complementary weft weave and weft-faced plain weave
Dimensions: 61 1/2 x 61 1/4 in. (156.21 x 155.58 cm)
Credit Line: Costume Council and Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number: M.78.54.7
Classification: Textiles
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: Elaborately patterned cloths like this may have been used in a ritual context, carrying items such as coca leaves, shells, miniature llamas in ceramic or stone, or unspun wool, and then laid out as a tablecloth for the installation of the offerings. Because this textile is patterned with common Wari religious iconography (llamas, composite bird-animals, and headdress), its function was most likely ceremonial.

Nicole LaBouff via Kaye Spilker

2009

Not on view

Title: Carrying Cloth or Shawl
Culture: Wari
Place Made: Peru, South Coast
Date Made: 600-850
Medium: Camelid fiber and cotton plain weave with supplementary weft patterning borders of complementary weft weave and weft-faced plain weave
Dimensions: 61 1/2 x 61 1/4 in. (156.21 x 155.58 cm)
Credit Line: Costume Council and Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number: M.78.54.7
Classification: Textiles
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: Elaborately patterned cloths like this may have been used in a ritual context, carrying items such as coca leaves, shells, miniature llamas in ceramic or stone, or unspun wool, and then laid out as a tablecloth for the installation of the offerings. Because this textile is patterned with common Wari religious iconography (llamas, composite bird-animals, and headdress), its function was most likely ceremonial.

Nicole LaBouff via Kaye Spilker

2009