The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Tunic laid out as a rectangle with a "v"-shape slit in the upper center and woven patterns in a "t" shape in the upper half intercepting with a weathered cream lower half. The upper row features repeated squares, half right-angle triangles with radiating triangular outlines in muted colors and half abstract geometric shapes against a dark-brown background. Just below the "v" neck a shorter central band depicts red and pink abstracted figures with no visible arms and wavy legs surrounded by smaller, more geometric figures.

Tunic (Shirt) with Tapestry-woven Yoke

650–850

Central Andes, Northern Central Coast

camelid fiber and cotton; tapestry-weave yoke and chest plaque, plain-weave body
Overall: 71.1 x 100 cm (28 x 39 3/8 in.); Mounted: 86.4 x 116.8 cm (34 x 46 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1925.668
Location: 232 Andean

Description

Likely an item of men’s wear, this tunic exhibits a variety of motifs. The upper panels feature an especially pronounced triangular pattern. The rectangle at the center of the chest displays a repeated frontal figure that stands out for its relatively large size and more rounded style. The surrounding elements are more right-angled, including the small figures in flanking positions and the birds in the borders.
  • ?-1925
    J.H. Wade, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1925-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Ancient Andean Textiles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 14, 2024-December 14, 2025).
    Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 28, 2018-August 26, 2019).
    Andean Gallery 107 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29, 2004-April 12, 2005).
    Gallery 107 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 29, 2004-April 12, 2005).
    Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 20-May 21, 1972).
    Ancient Peruvian Textiles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, (March 5-April 6, 1941).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1925.668