1994.281 Tunic with painted yoke and bird forms (Peru, north coast)

Painted textiles on the Andean coast date from at least the Early Horizon (900-200 BCE) and the discovery of preserved examples at Carhua (Karwa) on the Peruvian southern coast. Succeeding coastal populations continued to produce elaborate painted textiles, utilizing a range of plant dyes and mineral pigments on plain weave cotton fabric. In comparison to elaborate figurative scenes painted on architectural hangings, this bi-chrome tunic reflects Late Horizon (1400-1532 CE) stylistic trends through the painting of a stepped yoke. The repeated seabirds around the neck and across the base of this tunic suggest a coastal connection to the sea.

Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text, 2015.

Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063

textile materials: AAT: 300231565

cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670

pigment: AAT: 300013109

dye (colorant): AAT: 300013029

dyeing: AAT: 300053049

painting (coating): AAT: 300161986

weaving: AAT: 300053642

plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167

tabby (process): AAT: 300312167

warp: AAT: 300227930

weft: AAT: 300227934

selvedge (textile components): AAT: 300227893

four-selvedged (textile components): DMA

Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332

tunics (main garments): AAT: 300209869

brown (color): AAT: 300127490

Early Horizon: AAT: 300017267

Carhua (Karwa / Peru): DMA

step pattern: AAT: 300010229

stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171

stepped yoke (geometric patterns/motifs): DMA

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

avian (attribute / bird-like): DMA

seas: AAT: 300008694

bands (decorative): DMA

stripes: AAT: 300010230

Until d. 1986: Nora (d. 1986) and John Wise, New York [1], [2]

1986-1991: Silas R. Mountsier III, U.S. Trust Company of New York, executor, the estate of Nora Wise (d. 1986), by bequest [1], [2], [3]

1991-1994: Dallas Museum of Art, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2], [3]

From 1994: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Silas R. Mountsier III from the collection of Nora E. H. Wise and in her honor [1], [2], [3], [4]

[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from Carol Robbins, Curator of New World and Pacific Cultures at the Dallas Museum of Art, to Silas R. Mountsier III (dated January 04, 1995), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Deed of Gift (dated December 29, 1994), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance was existing provenance information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[4] The main source for this provenance is Acquisitions Committee Record (dated December 21, 1994) , copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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