Textile in the Form of a Glove
Item number 58.204 from the Brooklyn Museum.
Item number 58.204 from the Brooklyn Museum.
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Glove of plain weave cotton fiber with tapestry-woven imagery in cotton and dyed camelid fibers. Decoration includes typical Wari elements such as fingernail tips, feline figures with split eyes, and profile feline heads with curved noses. The central human figure is Moche in style with a tumi knife headdress, serpent-headed belt and warrior backflap, and a shield and ceremonial goblet held in the figure's hands. Condition: fair; the plain-weave cotton structure is damaged with about 10% of glove missing especially around the wrist.
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund and Museum Collection Fund
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Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund and Museum Collection Fund
Glove of plain weave cotton fiber with tapestry-woven imagery in cotton and dyed camelid fibers. Decoration includes typical Wari elements such as fingernail tips, feline figures with split eyes, and profile feline heads with curved noses. The central human figure is Moche in style with a tumi knife headdress, serpent-headed belt and warrior backflap, and a shield and ceremonial goblet held in the figure's hands. Condition: fair; the plain-weave cotton structure is damaged with about 10% of glove missing especially around the wrist.
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