1989.W.2390 Bag with tassels (Peru, south coast)



GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This square bag represents a distinctive pattern common to tunic and mantles, the “S”-scroll and step design. The square design with a long strap handle is most typical of coca bags.

Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1989.W.2390; 1989.W.2429; 1989.W.2256; 1989.W.2418; 1989.W.2479], 2015.

NOTES
  • Nasca, Late, n.d., updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13 and 03/10/16.
  • Updated geography, period, dates, and medium in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: south coast, Late Horizon, 1400-1550, camelid fiber.

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Cultures

Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
camelidae (camelid) fiber: AAT: 300310434
weaving: AAT: 300053642
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
warp-faced (weave / textile weaving processes and techniques): DMA
tassel (trimming): AAT: 300232185

Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332

Individuals

Subject terms
bags (costume accessories): AAT: 300198926
pouches (bags): AAT: 300194553
coca bags (costume accessories): DMA
coca (plants / Erythroxylum (genus) Erythroxylaceae (family)): AAT: 300411778
leaves (plant components): AAT: 300400479
chew (action): DMA
chuspas (ch’uspas / vistallas / bags (costume accessories)): AAT: 300410685
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
red (color): AAT: 300126225
green (color): AAT: 300128438
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
black (color): AAT: 300130920
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
stripes: AAT: 300010230
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
frets (pattern): AAT: 300010155
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
diamonds (motifs): AAT:  300009791
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
spirals (geometric figures): ATT: 300163114
S-scroll (scrolls/motifs): AAT: 300010106

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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General Description
This square bag represents a distinctive pattern common to tunic and mantles, the “S”-scroll and step design. The square design with a long strap handle is most typical of coca bags.

Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1989.W.2390; 1989.W.2429; 1989.W.2256; 1989.W.2418; 1989.W.2479], 2015.

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Notes
  • Nasca, Late, n.d., updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13 and 03/10/16.
  • Updated geography, period, dates, and medium in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: south coast, Late Horizon, 1400-1550, camelid fiber.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
camelidae (camelid) fiber: AAT: 300310434
weaving: AAT: 300053642
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
warp-faced (weave / textile weaving processes and techniques): DMA
tassel (trimming): AAT: 300232185

Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332

Individuals

Subject terms
bags (costume accessories): AAT: 300198926
pouches (bags): AAT: 300194553
coca bags (costume accessories): DMA
coca (plants / Erythroxylum (genus) Erythroxylaceae (family)): AAT: 300411778
leaves (plant components): AAT: 300400479
chew (action): DMA
chuspas (ch’uspas / vistallas / bags (costume accessories)): AAT: 300410685
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
red (color): AAT: 300126225
green (color): AAT: 300128438
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
black (color): AAT: 300130920
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
stripes: AAT: 300010230
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
frets (pattern): AAT: 300010155
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
diamonds (motifs): AAT:  300009791
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
spirals (geometric figures): ATT: 300163114
S-scroll (scrolls/motifs): AAT: 300010106

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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geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
green (color): AAT: 300128438
spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114
stripes: AAT: 300010230
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
red (color): AAT: 300126225
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
bags (costume accessories): AAT: 300198926
leaves (plant components): AAT: 300400479
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
frets (pattern): AAT: 300010155
black (color): AAT: 300130920
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
weaving: AAT: 300053642
Late Horizon period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017332
S-scroll (scrolls/motifs): AAT: 300010106
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
camelidae (camelid) fiber: AAT: 300310434
chew (action): DMA
coca (plants / Erythroxylum (genus) Erythroxylaceae (family)): AAT: 300411778
pouches (bags): AAT: 300194553
tassel (trimming): AAT: 300232185
chuspas (ch’uspas / vistallas / bags (costume accessories)): AAT: 300410685
coca bags (costume accessories): DMA
warp-faced (weave / textile weaving processes and techniques): DMA
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