Visual database

Siguas 1, Rayed Head, detail of a petroglyph at the site of Pisanay at Tin Tin, Sihuas Valley, department of Arequipa. Photo, July 15, 2006.

Siguas 1, typical elongated bag in looping using camelid fibers. The decoration of this type of bag is divided into three sections. The upper section has a vertical striping design that is occasionally intercalated by triangular step-designs. The midsection has superimposed bands of an ascending and descending step design in different colors with changes in color at the midsection of the top and bottom step. The bottom section may have small checkered crosses, a simple undulating step design, or no design at all. Private collection. 

Provincial Pukara, fragment of a textile with winged Attendants found in the vicinity of La Ramada, Sihuas Valley, department of Arequipa. Readily recognizable are the Winged Snail Man, Bird A, and Winged Backward-looking Anthropomorph. Private collection. Photo of a photo, July 14, 2006.

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.