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
Our North is the South, Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo, 2021Confluences: 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.
Publications
Confluences in Art (Paul Hughes Fine Arts, 2019), p. 61Our North is the South (Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo, 2021), p. 23