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Inca tunic
Object/Work
Catalog Level:
item
Type:
tunic
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Authority
Classification
Terms:
costume
textiles
South American art
Pre-Columbian art
Controlled list
Titles or Names
Text:
Tunic with Tocapu (Geometric Pictographs)
Preference:
preferred
Type:
repository
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Creation
Creator Description:
unknown Inca
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Identity:
unknown Inca
Role:
weaver
Authority
Authority
Creation Date:
1440/1540
Earliest:
1440
Latest:
1540
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Creation Place/Original Location:
Peru
Authority
Measurements
Dimensions Description:
91 x 76 cm (height) (35 7/8 x 30 inches)
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Value:
91
Unit:
cm
Type:
height
Value:
76
Unit:
cm
Type:
width
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Materials and Techniques
Description:
tapestry of cotton and wool
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Material Names:
cotton
wool
Technque Names:
tapestry
Authority
Subject Matter
Indexing Terms:
apparel
needlework
tocapu
pictographs
status
Authority
Descriptive Note
Text:
Tocapu are rows of complex geometric motifs. They covered the tunics of nobility and conveyed status; they also were probably pictographs.
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Citation:
Dumbarton Oaks online
Page:
accessed 24 July 2005
Authority
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC, United States)
Repository Number:
B-518.PT
Authority
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Revised 28 August 2006
