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HUARI TUNIC, SOUTH COAST
Ca. A. D. 600-800
The cushma woven in interlocked tapestry weave in cotton and
camelid wool with eight continuous bands of alternating squares
in the ‘diagonal double motif’, each composed of a stepped scroll in
one half (perhaps a depiction of a stylized bird’s wing), the other a
highly stylized profi le face with vertically divided eye with tear track,
solid brown ground in between, with similarly woven bands as side
seams, in straw yellow, olive green, pink, claret red, tawny and dark
brown and white.
95 x 100 cm
Provenance
Galerie Fischer, Luzern, June 12, 1956, lot 211
Cf. Arte Textil, pg. 211
It is likely that such tunics were worn only by individuals of high rank
and their designs were determined by the rank and position of their
owners.
€ 10 000 – 15 000
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