1976.W.2015 Mantle (Peru, Chancay)

This well-preserved mantle exhibits gray-blue, brown, and cream cotton stripes and figural patterns. The bands were composed through different techniques—plain weave, double-cloth, and floating warps—and were combined together for the final mantle. The social value of the textile is enhanced through the incorporation of dyed camelid fiber on each corner. The upper half was likely folded over when worn as a mantle across the shoulders, exposing the finished sides of all four corners. Through its multiple woven bands, this mantle effectively reflects coastal techniques and imagery.

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

Chancay: AAT: 300017315

Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Chancay (inhabited place): TGN: 1024437

textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063

textile materials: AAT: 300231565

cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670

camelidae (camelid) fiber: AAT: 300310434

weaving: AAT: 300053642

plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167

tabby (process): AAT: 300312167

warp: AAT: 300227930

weft: AAT: 300227934

brocade (weaving technique): AAT: 300053648

brocading (weft patterning / weaving technique): AAT: 300053648

tunics (main garments): AAT: 300209869

mantles (lliclla / outerwear): AAT: 300212298

grayish blue (color): AAT: 300129673

blue (color): AAT: 300129361

brown (color): AAT: 300127490

cream (color): AAT: 300266242

white (color): AAT: 300129784

stripes: AAT: 300010230

bands (decorative): DMA

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

zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028

figures: AAT: 300189808

animals: DMA

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

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

From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [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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