The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Band (Headband?)
c. 650–850
Overall: 59.4 x 10.8 x 8.3 cm (23 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2014.389
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This unusual band may have been worn as a headband.Description
This jewel-like textile, perhaps the only one of its kind, is made from a single band accordion-folded to form tabs, each edged with lush red tassels. Repeated in different colors down its length is the image of a warrior who holds an axe in one hand and a jagged, club-like object in the other. The reversed orientation of several of the warriors may be the result of the weaving method.- “Exhibitions Through May 2022.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 62, no. 1: 8-9. Reproduced: P. 9.Lavalle, José Antonio de. Huari: Culturas Precolombinas. Lima: Banco de Crédito del Peru, 1984. p. 92
- Ancient Andean Textiles (Ancient Andean textile rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 4, 2021-December 4, 2022).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2014.389