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Summary
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Inca artist |
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| Description |
English: This fine tapestry-woven garment features identical black-and-white checkerboard designs on front and back, inside and out, with a red, V-shaped yoke and meticulously embroidered finished edges. Worn by men over a loincloth, such garments were one of the primary markers of identity in the Inca Empire. This type of tunic was first mentioned in 1532 by Francisco de Jerez, secretary to the conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Jerez described the meeting between Atahualpa, the Inca emperor, and Pizarro's men in Cajamarca, Peru, noting that the first regiment of the Inca army wore checkerboard livery. |
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| Date | 16th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Camelid fiber | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 87 × 76.5 cm (34.2 × 30.1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Gallery 913 |
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| Accession number |
2017.674 |
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| Object history | Provenance: see source | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase, Fletcher Fund, Claudia Quentin Gift, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 751901) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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