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Fish-Shaped Applique

1400–1532

Central Andes, Central Coast, Ychsma (Pachacamac) people

Medium
cotton and camelid fiber, tapestry weave with areas of eccentric weft floats
Measurements
Overall: 26 x 56.5 cm (10 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.); Mounted: 32.4 x 62.9 cm (12 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.392
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Description

This fish-shaped textile was originally stitched with others like it to a mantle, a shawl-like garment that was a staple of Andean clothing. Its partial “X-ray view,” which emphasizes the bony spine, is unique to the style of the Ychsma (yeach-mah), who lived on Peru’s central coast. In addition to referencing sources of food, marine subjects may also carry religious associations, as some coastal peoples of the period regarded the sea as a deity.
Woven abstracted depiction of a fish in profile with a geometric outline and an open mouth, outline of a black eye, and central spinal bone woven in white. Geometric white, cream, light-brown, and yellow-brown shapes fill in the surrounding fish details against a medium-brown background. The fish and fin details are outlined in muted yellow.

Fish-Shaped Applique

1400–1532

Central Andes, Central Coast, Ychsma (Pachacamac) people

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