The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Tapestry-woven Yoke from a Tunic

Tapestry-woven Yoke from a Tunic

800–1200?
Overall: 64.8 x 102.8 cm (25 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.); Mounted: 69.2 x 108 cm (27 1/4 x 42 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

This fragment comes from the neck area of a tunic; the shoulder fold would have divided the diamond in half horizontally and thick embroidery defines remnants of the neck opening. In the rectangular area on the chest are two similar, long-tailed creatures rendered in a highly geometric style. Each is rotated 90 degrees so its tail is parallel to the bottom edge; the two-toed paws at the top may identify the creatures as deer or Andean camelids, such as llamas or alpacas.
  • ?-1925
    Walter C. Wyman, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1925-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 28, 2018-August 26, 2019).
    Andean Gallery 107 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29, 2004-April 12, 2005).
    Gallery 107 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 29, 2004-April 12, 2005).
    Ancient Peruvian Textiles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, (March 5-April 6, 1941).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1925.667