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Man's Tunic1470-1532

Not on view
Woven textile tunic with a solid brick-red upper section in a stepped geometric shape, below which a large-scale checkerboard pattern alternates chocolate-brown and cream squares
Woven textile with bold geometric blocks in deep red, dark brown-black, and undyed natural cream, arranged in a large-scale checkerboard pattern with visible warp-faced weave texture.
Woven textile with large checkerboard pattern in deep red, dark brown, and cream, with visible weft texture and slightly irregular block edges.
Title
Man's Tunic
Culture
Inka
Place Made
Peru
Date Made
1470-1532
Medium
Camelid fiber and cotton tapestry weave
Dimensions
34 3/8 × 31 1/4 in. (87.31 × 79.38 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.76.45.8
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Katzew, Ilona, ed. Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World. Exh. Cat. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011.
  • Herring, Adam. Art and Vision in the Inca Empire: Andeans and Europeans at Cajamarca. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World. November 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012
  • Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World. November 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012