The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Band with Trophy Heads
100 BCE–700 CE
Overall: 180.7 x 21.6 cm (71 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.); Mounted: 193 x 30.5 cm (76 x 12 in.)
Gift of John Wise 1953.475
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This band is made in with a weaving technique that is unique to the ancient Andes.Description
This band, remarkable for its intense color and spider-web sheerness, was created using an unusual technique known as discontinuous warp and weft. That is, none of the vertical or horizontal yarns are continuous from one side of the band to the other. Rather, they travel back and forth within their own color areas, linking at the edges with yarns in adjacent areas. This is a difficult feat when weaving on a loom and the creator likely used another approach, such as darning with a needle over a ground cloth that was then removed. The image repeated in each of the band’s rectangles is a head supported on two little feet.- Ancient Andean Textiles (Ancient Andean textile rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 4, 2021-December 4, 2022).Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 30, 2016-August 21, 2017).Andean Gallery 107 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21, 2001-November 18, 2002).
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