1989.W.1906 Panel from the "prisoner" textile (Peru, Chimú)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

NOTES

Chimú, Late Intermediate Period, c. 1350–1450, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 12/23/13, 06/19/14, 01/22/16.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Chimú

Chimú: AAT: 300017316

Geography

Andes (South America)

Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Chimú (former nation/state/empire): TGN: 8698270

Process/materials

cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670

textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063

textile materials: AAT: 300231565

weaving: AAT: 300053642

plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167

tabby (process): AAT: 300312167

tabby (textile): AAT: 300227906

warp: AAT: 300227930

weft: AAT: 300227934

warp twining (textile weaving processes and techniques): AAT: 300228544

Historical periods

Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313

Individuals

Subject terms

panels (surface components): AAT: 300069079

fragments (object portions): AAT: 300117130

geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213

geometric shape: AAT: 300263819

lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279

stripes: AAT: 300010230

bands (decorative): DMA

scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094

red (color): AAT: 300126225

cream (color): AAT: 300266242

brown (color): AAT: 300127490

blue (color): AAT: 300129361

yellow (color): AAT: 300127794

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395

creatures: AAT: 300379697

serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870

bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

frontality: AAT: 300056274

profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319

human figures: AAT: 300404114

sacrifices: AAT: 300263243

prisoners: AAT: 300025933

captive (prisoners of war): AAT: 300259895

conquests (events): AAT: 300410367

wars: AAT: 300055314

battles: AAT: 300185692

warriors: AAT: 300261945

nude: AAT: 300189568

nudity (culture-related concepts): AAT: 300262617

masks (costume): AAT: 300138758

hats (headgear): AAT: 300046106

headdresses: AAT: 300046023

hairstyles: AAT: 300262903

rope: AAT: 300014248

bindings (gathered matter components): AAT: 300055023

shackles: AAT: 300247514

trophies (objects): AAT: 300233975

trophy heads (trophies of war): DMA

trophies of war (objects): AAT: 300379111

heads (representations): AAT: 300262520

faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798

crescent (motif): AAT: 300165510

beheadings (executions / decapitations / personal life events): AAT: 300379186

repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861

burning (physicochemical processes): AAT: 300228062

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE

Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]

[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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