Huari Culture 100 AD-1200 AD
Tunic (with Red Stepped Border), circa 600 AD
Camelid fibres
174 x 122 cm
68 1/2 x 48 in
on stretcher
68 1/2 x 48 in
on stretcher
HUA0005
Copyright of Paul Hughes Fine Arts
Further images
A most subtle yet alluring example of Nazca/Huari tunic with a deeply saturated indigo blue field and polychromatic border. There is a ritually applied coloration to the four corners of...
A most subtle yet alluring example of Nazca/Huari tunic with a deeply saturated indigo blue field and polychromatic border. There is a ritually applied coloration to the four corners of the indigo central field which indicated a ceremonial use by a shaman or member of the élites.
Exhibitions
Nosso Norte é o Sul "Our North is the South", Bergamin & Gomide, Sao Paulo, 2021.Confluences: 4000 Years of South American Art, No.9 Cork Street, London, 2022.
The Seven Stars Are Always Together, Paul Hughes Fine Arts, Maiden Bradley, 2025.
Literature
Confluences in Art (London: Paul Hughes Fine Arts, 2019), p. 61.Nosso Norte é o Sul "Our North is the South" (Sao Paulo: Bergamin & Gomide, 2021), p.23.
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