Sihuas Culture 500 BC-650 AD
Mantle, Circa. 50 BC
Camelid fibres
148 x 177 cm
58.2" x 69.8"
58.2" x 69.8"
SIH0002
Copyright of Paul Hughes Fine Arts
Further images
This striking and rare mantle depicts a central stylised human face. Projecting appendages that form the outlines of a larger human form. This highly stylised Sihuas mantle shows yet again...
This striking and rare mantle depicts a central stylised human face. Projecting appendages that form the outlines of a larger human form.
This highly stylised Sihuas mantle shows yet again the simplification and sophisticated geometrization of these textiles, particularly in the later parts of the civilisation’s chronology. This panel shows an abstracted deity with rays emanating from it. It would have been oriented vertically, with the small squares in the central white square standing in as eyes, with abstracted tears flowing from them. Although the precise meaning of these weeping eyes is not well-understood, it was common in the iconography of later Nazca and other cultures. Variants of this rayed deity are some of the most characteristic iconographies of the Sihuas culture, with their degree of detail and realism varying significantly.
This highly stylised Sihuas mantle shows yet again the simplification and sophisticated geometrization of these textiles, particularly in the later parts of the civilisation’s chronology. This panel shows an abstracted deity with rays emanating from it. It would have been oriented vertically, with the small squares in the central white square standing in as eyes, with abstracted tears flowing from them. Although the precise meaning of these weeping eyes is not well-understood, it was common in the iconography of later Nazca and other cultures. Variants of this rayed deity are some of the most characteristic iconographies of the Sihuas culture, with their degree of detail and realism varying significantly.
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