COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1955.1789
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
South American; Pre-Columbian; Nazca
Creator Dates/Places:
South America, Peru South America,Peru
Creator Name-CRT:
Nazca Culture
Title:
Tunic depicting Felines and Birds
Title Type:
preferred
View:
full view
Creation Date:
200/400 A.D.
Creation Start Date:
200
Creation End Date:
400
Materials and Techniques:
Cotton, plain weave; embellished with feathers knotted and attached with cotton yarns in overcast stitches; some selvage present
Classification Term:
Needlework
Subject Description:
Stylized, simplified design of five birds and three horizontal stripes with step motif; on back, design consists of five birds, two cats, two fish and a wave motif border on top; step motif border on bottom and sides of both front and back; in black, orange, yellow, blue, brown and green; on white ground
Creation Place:
South America,Peru,South Coast
Dimensions:
85.2 x 86 cm 33 1/2 x 33 7/8 in
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1955.1789
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E25036.TIF
