{"product_id":"early-wari-incan-woven-garment-tassel","title":"Early Wari Incan Woven Garment Tassel","description":"\u003cp\u003eca.  600 - 800 AD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e.75\" H x 9” L x 4.5” W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand Woven Decorative Textile with Woven in Yellow, Green, and Deep Red with a Long Deep Red Fringe \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Good Condition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWari culture flourished between 600 and 1000 CE, with its textile art reaching a peak between 600 and 800 CE. These textiles, among the finest in pre-Columbian America, were highly sophisticated, often made using interlocked tapestry weaving with cotton warp and camelid wool weft.  Wari tunics and mantles featured abstract, geometric designs, including stepped diamond motifs and winged feline figures (often with bird wings and human arms), sometimes distorted or compressed to the point of abstraction—possibly to symbolize shamanic transformation or elite control over meaning. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKey characteristics of Wari textiles from this period include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh thread counts, reflecting exceptional craftsmanship. \u003cbr\u003eVivid colors, especially magenta (from cochineal dye), blue, yellow, and green, with deliberate use of indigo or green as subtle, possibly symbolic, deviations from patterns.\u003cbr\u003eStandardized designs suggesting imperial oversight in production, similar to later Inca practices.\u003cbr\u003eRitual significance: Textiles were used in elite burials, often buried with the dead in dry desert regions, where they survived exceptionally well—evidenced by finds at Huari and Monjachayoq. \u003cbr\u003eNotable examples include a tunic in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (ca.  600–850 CE) with 16 repeated, distorted winged feline figures, and feather panels from the South Coast, made from macaw feathers arranged in abstract patterns possibly representing landscapes.  These textiles were not merely decorative but served as status symbols, religious icons, and tools of imperial authority, spreading Wari culture across the Andes through trade and administrative centers like Pikillacta and Pachacamac.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47635054133413,"sku":"260226-21","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/260226-21_1.jpg?v=1773955125","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/early-wari-incan-woven-garment-tassel","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}