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Tunic with Sacrificer
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About this work
An extremely abstract supernatural sacrifice repeats in different colors and orientations across the body of this tunic, which was shortened on one side in antiquity. Look for the toothy black-and-white mouth in the sacrificer's upward-gazing head; other facial features include a button nose and a vertically divided eye. The figure holds the L-shaped haft of an axe behind its back and, at the front of its body, a short staff with a severed, upside-down human head on the top.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineTunic with Sacrificer, 600–1000. South America, Peru, Central Andes, Middle Horizon, Wari people, 7th-11th century. Camelid-fiber, cotton; tapestry weave; overall: 202.6 x 112 cm (79 3/4 x 44 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2007.179
