Miniature Checkerboard Tunic
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This proportionally scaled-down version of the Inca checkerboard-pattern tunic with a deep-red stepped yoke may have once formed part of an offering.
Es posible que esta versión en menor escala de la túnica inca con patrón de damero con un cuello escalonado teñido color rojo oscuro ha sido parte de una ofrenda
Es posible que esta versión en menor escala de la túnica inca con patrón de damero con un cuello escalonado teñido color rojo oscuro ha sido parte de una ofrenda
Artwork Details
- Title: Miniature Checkerboard Tunic
- Date: 1476–1534 CE
- Geography: Peru
- Culture: Inca
- Medium: Camelid fiber
- Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 × W. 2 3/4 in. (7.8 × 7 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Woven
- Credit Line: American Museum of Natural History, New York (41.2/7037)
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing