Tunic
<p>This tunic is identifiable through the slit at the center to accommodate the wearer’s head and neck. The geometric design of interlaced stepped diagonal lines suggests the twisting together of threads to make yarn, a fitting motif for a textile. Similar motifs appear on ceramic vessels made by the Paracas; the use of the same twisted-thread design across different media demonstrates a consistent visual language and attests to the primacy of textiles as a means of aesthetic expression for the Paracas.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- -200
- Medium
- Wool (camelid), simple looping; applied wool (camelid) braided neck edging; and unspun wool fringe
- Dimensions
- 76.8 × 74.4 cm (30 1/4 × 29 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Paracas
Artist
Ceramics
Paracas is an artist whose identity and practice remain deliberately opaque.
Full artist profile →More
More by Paracas
Fragment (Border)
-100
Border Fragment
-100 · Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with wool (camelid) in stem stitches
Mantle
-100 · Wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches; corners edged with weft-faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe and embroidered in cross-knit loop stitches
Unfinished Mantle
-100 · Wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in overcast and stem stitches; edged with cross-knit loop stitches.
Poncho Displaying Contorted Figures
-200 · Wool (camelid), plain weave; embroidered in stem stitches; edged with cross-knit loop stitches; loop and plied fringes
Funerary Bundle Mask
-200 · Cotton, plain weave with bundles of extended warps; painted
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Paracas
- Year
- -200
- Medium
- Wool (camelid), simple looping; applied wool (camelid) braided neck edging; and unspun wool fringe
- Dimensions
- 76.8 × 74.4 cm (30 1/4 × 29 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW--200-134402
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified