1983.W.1815 Loom sword (Peru, Andean coast)

Textiles are some of the finest and most specialized arts of the Andes, providing fundamental information regarding regional production, developed techniques, and adopted styles. This wooden implement represents one of the principal tools used in textile manufacture. Loom swords served to separate warps and compact wefts in textile manufacture on a loom.

Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.1815; 1983.W.1818; 1983.W.1821; 1983.W.1809; 1983.W.1812.a–b; 1983.W.1835; 1983.W.1839], 2015.

Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

wood (plant material): AAT: 300011914

carving: AAT: 300053149

incising: AAT: 300053847

relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622

Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313

loom sword (textile fabricating tools and equipment): DMA

swingles (textile tools): AAT: 300023433

textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224

looms (textile tools): AAT: 300247546

textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063

textile materials: AAT: 300231565

weaving: AAT: 300053642

Andes (mountain system) : TGN : 7016589

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

animals: DMA

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

avian (attribute / bird-like): DMA

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

profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319

geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

step pattern: AAT: 300010229

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

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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