A superb Incan Waistband Fragment

A well preserved waistband fragment from a tunic with stepped- diamond motif. Late Horizon, Inca Culture, A.D. 1476-1534.

A very similar example, with warp identified as cotton, and weft as camelid, is illustrated in To Weave for the Sun: Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" by Rebecca Stone Miller (plate 64, catalogue no. 234) showing an item from the Arthur Mason Knapp Fund Collection.

This superb textile has a refinement and closeness of weaving that speaks of the high technical as well as artistic achievement of the Incan weavers. Like other Incan textiles, it owes it excellent state of preservation to the unusual climate of the Andes.

length: 34.5 cm/ 13 1/2 in
width: 11cm/ 4 1/2"

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