Visual database

Provincial Pukara, detail of a band in interlocking tapestry with representations of severed heads and crown bands with three appendages, dated cal. AD 139 to 432 (SH 246-534). Private collection.

Provincial Pukara, Rayed Head Theme A represented on a tunic shoulder panel, dated cal. AD 80 to 382 (SH 130-421).

Provincial Pukara, Rayed Head Theme B represented on a tunic shoulder panel. Interlocking tapestry, warp, and weft are in camelid fibers. Private collection.

Provincial Pukara, Rayed Head Theme D represented on a pouch with three tabs on each side and a backflap, dated cal. AD 56 to 219 (SH 83-252). Front panel in interlocking tapestry is framed in crosslooping as are the tabs and the back panel in striped warp-faced plain weave. Tapestry weft yarns are carried with the warp until needed for the design. Front panel has double warp and the back panel single warp yarns in camelid fibers. Private collection.

Provincial Pukara, textile fragment with a representation of a partially preserved Rayed Female Feline Head Theme in interlocking tapestry. Private collection.

Provincial Pukara, female felines with a front face and a profile body represented on a pouch with a backflap; tabs are missing. Front panel in interlocking tapestry and back panel in striped warp-faced plain weave. Both warp and weft in camelid fibers. The represented female felines do not conform to the strict conventions of Pukara-style female felines. Private collection. 

Provincial Pukara, Anthropomorphic Winged Feline, detail of band in Figure 6.43.

Siguas 1, two fragments from the same bag collected in the vicinity of the town of Tambillo, Sihuas Valley, department of Arequipa. Weft and warp in camelid fibers. Private collection.

Siguas 1, two fragments from the same bag collected in the vicinity of the town of Tambillo, Sihuas Valley, department of Arequipa. Weft and warp in camelid fibers. Private collection.

Provincial Pukara, Bird C Attendant, detail from the "Four Staff Goddesses Mantle," dated cal. AD 218 to 382 (SH 255-414). Private collection.