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| Keywords: Wari tunic.jpg en Wari Tunic Peru 750-950 AD <br> This spectacular tunic is made of 120 separate small pieces of cloth The pieces were probably woven in strips over a set of scaffold yarns Each strip was tie-dyed in one of six different color combinations and two patterns either three rows of small circles or of two larger circles The scaffold yarns were then removed to separate the individual pieces of cloth which were reorganized and reassembled into a tunic by sewing the pieces back together The patterns on each individual piece form larger diamond patterns in the completed tunic regularly broken by the red-and-yellow pieces patterned with two larger circles Such pattern-breaking is a hallmark of Huari textile design <br>Tie-dyed pieced tunics like this have been found along the coast of Peru and into the mountainous highlands in the area conquered by the Huari Empire over 1 000 years ago Ceramics of the period depict high status men wearing this style of tunic camelid probably alpaca hair plain weave with discontinuous warp and weft yarns tied resist-dyeing 86 5 cm x 122 cm The Textile Museum 91 341 Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1941 The Textile Museum see http //www textilemuseum org/ Unknown Uploaded 2008 12 26 to the English language Wikipedia by Tillman http //en wikipedia org/w/index php title Special Log page File 3AWari+tunic jpg log 500-750 see http //commons wikimedia org/wiki/Commons When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag The_U S _case_of_Bridgeman_v _Corel_ 281999 29 PD-old-100 Wari textiles Tunics Files uploaded by PDTillman Textile museums in the United States | ||||
