Band (Headband?)
650–850
- Medium
- Camelid fiber (alpaca; weft) and cotton (warp); tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 59.4 x 10.8 x 8.3 cm (23 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Central Andes, Moche-Wari Style, mid-7th to mid-9th century
About
This jewel-like textile, perhaps the only one of its kind, is made from a single band accordion-folded to form tabs, each edged with lush red tassels. Repeated in different colors down its length is the image of a warrior who holds an axe in one hand and a jagged, club-like object in the other. The reversed orientation of several of the warriors may be the result of the weaving method.