Tunic with Profile Animal and Human Heads
Unknown Artist
c. 700–1100
Medium
tapestry weave: wool
Dimensions
97.8 × 99.1 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of John Wise
Accession Number
1949.12
About this artwork
Wari tunics are made of two long panels folded at the shoulder line and stitched together at center and side seams, with openings left for the head and arms. The looms on which the panels were woven measured about 80 x 20 inches, with the warps spanning the short dimension. Thus, the warps are horizontal rather than vertical in the garment as it was worn. This orientation is unusual and seems to have influenced the construction of later Inca tunics. In this example, the imagery comprises two pro...