GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This long tubular container is woven from reed and camelid fiber. The latter produces an intricate, multi-colored pattern around the surface. Although empty, the container likely served as a portable needle case for a textile artisan during the Middle Horizon (600-1000 CE).
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text, 2015.
NOTES
- Middle Horizon, 600-1000 (?) C.E.; updated by KJones in TMS on 01/05/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean coast.
- Note: no culture noted; no general description noted, displayed in Inca Education Space textile samples case.
Catalogue essays
- The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art
- Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art
- Textile Production in the Andes
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
camelidae (camelid) fiber: AAT: 300310434
cane (plant material): AAT: 300011864
split cane (bamboo material): AAT: 300011874
weaving: AAT: 300053642
plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167
tabby (process): AAT: 300312167
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300
Individuals
Subject terms
containers (hierarchy name): AAT: 300045611
containers (receptacles): AAT: 300197197
tubes (object forms): AAT: 300014687
tubular (shape): AAT: 300251676
red (color): AAT: 300126225
blue (color): AAT: 300129361
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
green (color): AAT: 300128438
orange (color): AAT: 300126734
pink (color): AAT: 300124707
black (color): AAT: 300130920
white (color): AAT: 300129784
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
crosses (motifs): AAT: 300010044
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
This long tubular container is woven from reed and camelid fiber. The latter produces an intricate, multi-colored pattern around the surface. Although empty, the container likely served as a portable needle case for a textile artisan during the Middle Horizon (600-1000 CE).
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text, 2015.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
- Middle Horizon, 600-1000 (?) C.E.; updated by KJones in TMS on 01/05/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean coast.
- Note: no culture noted; no general description noted, displayed in Inca Education Space textile samples case.
Catalogue essays
- The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art
- Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art
- Textile Production in the Andes
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
camelidae (camelid) fiber: AAT: 300310434
cane (plant material): AAT: 300011864
split cane (bamboo material): AAT: 300011874
weaving: AAT: 300053642
plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167
tabby (process): AAT: 300312167
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300
Individuals
Subject terms
containers (hierarchy name): AAT: 300045611
containers (receptacles): AAT: 300197197
tubes (object forms): AAT: 300014687
tubular (shape): AAT: 300251676
red (color): AAT: 300126225
blue (color): AAT: 300129361
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
green (color): AAT: 300128438
orange (color): AAT: 300126734
pink (color): AAT: 300124707
black (color): AAT: 300130920
white (color): AAT: 300129784
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
crosses (motifs): AAT: 300010044
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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