
Huari Culture 100 AD-1200 AD
Representation of Butterflies and Shamanic Heads, Circa. 800 AD
Camelid fibres and cotton.
100 x 105 cm
39'3" x 41'3" in.
39'3" x 41'3" in.
HUA0082
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This outstanding Wari tunic frontal with stylised Butterflies and Human heads consists of two impeccably woven panels stitched together—except at the center, to leave an opening for the head—to form...
This outstanding Wari tunic frontal with stylised Butterflies and Human heads consists of two impeccably woven panels stitched together—except at the center, to leave an opening for the head—to form a sleeveless, knee-length garment with a V-shaped neck opening. Both its front and back are decorated with columns of imbricated motifs that alternate with bands of plain, gold-like color. The design elements on this textile are so stylised that they are almost illegible to most present-day viewers, making it a work that is visually reminiscent of Paul Klee and German Expressionism while remaining deeply Andean it its form the and structure.
Publications
Arte Textil Del Peru 1988, Jose Antonio de Lavalle and Jose Aleandro Gonzalez Garcia, Industria Textil Piura, Lima, Peru.
Dust jacket and pg. 195. Also the English version.
Textile Masterpieces Of Ancient Peru, 1986, James Reid,
Dover Publications, plate #33, illustration #50.
Tejidos Milenarious Del Peru 1999, Jose Antonio de Lavalle and Rosario de and Lavalle de Cardenas. pp. 315
Hali Magazine, Sept/Oct 2003, “Marvelous Reality”,
James Reid
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