Tapestry Panel Item Number: 53.147 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
A single tapestry panel with an alternating pattern of human heads wearing tasseled, four-cornered hats, and fanged supernatural beings with a protruding tongues. A hole in the center of this textile was cut at a later date, indicating that it may have been worn as a tunic. Condition: Fair overall. Side seams have been cut and the textile is open and flat. The overall woven structure remains intact, but there are some small losses in the dark areas.
Credit Line
Frank L. Babbott Fund
Item History
- Made between 600 and 1000
What
- Name
- Tapestry Panel
- Identification Number
- 53.147
- Type of Item
- tapestry and panel
- Material
- cotton and camelid fibre
- Overall
- length 39.25 in, width 41.375 in
Who
- Culture
- Wari
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 600 and 1000
Other
- Classification
- Textile