Tunic with Frontal Figures
Central Andes, Central Coast, Ychsma (Pachacamac) people · 1400–1532 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This tunic was made by weavers of the Ychsma (yeach-mah) people, who were affiliated with Pachacamac, a vast religious center that housed an oracle. The figures repeated across its composition may represent important ancestors or high-ranking members of society. The tunic likely dates to the period after the Inka Empire conquered Ychsma coastal territory, eventually becoming the largest Indigenous empire to have existed in the ancient Americas.
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- Maker
- Central Andes, Central Coast, Ychsma (Pachacamac) people
- Date
- 1400–1532
- Medium
- Cotton; slit tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- neck edge to hem: 46.7 cm (18 3/8 in.); width across shoulders: 81.9 cm (32 1/4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Central Andes
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0