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Andean Textiles

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  Miniature Tunic (Uncu), 17th–18th century
  Bolivia (Potosí)
  Cotton, camelid hair, silk, metal; 14 1/2 x 11 in. (36.8 x 27.9 cm)
  Gift of Penny Righthand, in memory of Richard Levine, 2007 (2007.470)

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  Woman's Mantle (Lliclla), colonial period (late 16th–early 17th century)
  Central Andean
  Tapestry-woven (weft-patterned) camelid wool; L. 45 1/2 in. (115.6 cm), W. 50 1/2 in. (128.3 cm)
  Ex coll.: Vitall Benguiat
  Rogers Fund, 1908 (08.108.10)
  
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  Woman's Mantle (Lliclla), colonial period (17th century or later)
  Central Andean
  Tapestry-woven (weft-patterned) camelid wool; 35 1/2 x 43 4/8 in. (90.2 x 110.2 cm)
  Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1993 (1994.35.67)
  

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Andean weaving was among the arts practiced in colonial Latin America that retained the closest connection to Precolumbian traditions. The flocks of alpacas and other camelids that had yielded tapestry cloth of a beauty astonishing to the Spanish newcomers continued to anchor life among the Aymara and Quechua peoples. The gradual incorporation of European motifs into their garments did not alter the centrality of textiles to the value system of these indigenous communities.

Andean weaving was among the arts practiced in colonial Latin America that retained the closest connection to Precolumbian traditions.

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Timelines (6)

• Central America and the Caribbean, 1400–1600 a.d.
• Iberian Peninsula, 1400–1600 a.d.
• Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 a.d.
• Maya Area, 1400–1600 a.d.
• Mexico, 1400–1600 a.d.
• South America, 1600–1800 a.d.

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• Arts of the Mission Schools in Mexico
• Arts of the Spanish Americas, 1550-1850
• Colonial Kero Cups
• Dualism in Andean Art
• Europe and the Age of Exploration

Other Thematic Essays (8)

• Birds of the Andes
• Indian Textiles: Trade and Production
• Moche Decorated Ceramics
• Music in the Ancient Andes
• Nineteenth-Century European Textile Production
• Polychrome Sculpture in Spanish America
• Talavera de Puebla
• The Manila Galleon Trade (1565-1815)

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• Europe, 1600-1800 A.D.
• World, 1600-1800 A.D.

Index Terms (12)

Art Movement/Style

• Chavín Art of the Americas
• Chimú Art of the Americas
• Manteño Art of the Americas
• Colonial Latin America

Geography/Place

• Andes
• The Iberian Peninsula

Material and Technique

• Woolen Textile

Object

• Men's Clothing
• Women's Clothing from South America

Subject Matter/Theme

• Interior
• Textile with Seasonal Imagery
• Spring

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Johanna Hecht Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Citation Hecht, Johanna. "Andean Textiles". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/adtx/hd_adtx.htm (October 2003) Further Reading Phipps, Elena, et al. The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530–1830. Exhibition catalogue.. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Stone-Miller, Rebecca To Weave for the Sun: Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Exhibition catalogue.. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1992. Related exhibitions and online features Special Exhibitions (including upcoming, current, and past exhibitions)

These related Museum Bulletin or Journal articles may or may not represent the most current scholarship. "Textiles in The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 53, no. 3 (Winter, 1995–96). JSTOR | PDF | Supplemental PDFs "20th Century" PDF "Africa, Oceania, and the Americas" PDF "Ancient Near Eastern" PDF "Asian" PDF "Director’s Foreword: Antonio Ratti Textile Center" PDF "Egyptian" PDF "Egyptian Cont." PDF "European 16th-19th Centuries" PDF "Introduction" PDF "Islamic" PDF "Medieval" PDF "United States 18th-19th Century" PDF Phillips, John Goldsmith "Peruvian Textiles: A Recent Purchase." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New ser., v. 19, no. 4 (December, 1960). JSTOR | PDF