Tunic (200 BCE-1 BCE): Artwork and History
Tunic at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Tunic (200 BCE-1 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Paracas South coast, Peru.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
This tunic is identifiable through the slit at the center to accommodate the wearer’s head and neck. The geometric design of interlaced stepped diagonal lines suggests the twisting together of threads to make yarn, a fitting motif for a textile. Similar motifs appear on ceramic vessels made by the Paracas; the use of the same twisted-thread design across different media demonstrates a consistent visual language and attests to the primacy of textiles as a means of aesthetic expression for the Paracas.
Object facts
- Title: Tunic
- Date: 200 BCE-1 BCE
- Artist attribution: Paracas South coast, Peru
- Place of origin: Peru
- Medium: Wool (camelid), simple looping; applied wool (camelid) braided neck edging; and unspun wool fringe
- Dimensions: 76.8 × 74.4 cm (30 1/4 × 29 1/4 in.)
- Type: Costume and Accessories
- Department: Textiles
- Reference number: 1957.75
Collection credit
Simeon B. Williams Fund
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