Tunic with Sacrificer

600–1000
Overall: 202.6 x 112 cm (79 3/4 x 44 1/8 in.)
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An extremely abstract supernatural sacrifice repeats in different colors and orientations across the body of this tunic, which was shortened on one side in antiquity. Look for the toothy black-and-white mouth in the sacrificer's upward-gazing head; other facial features include a button nose and a vertically divided eye. The figure holds the L-shaped haft of an axe behind its back and, at the front of its body, a short staff with a severed, upside-down human head on the top.
Tunic with Sacrificer

Tunic with Sacrificer

600–1000

South America, Peru, Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari people, 7th-11th century

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