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Wari Tapestry Panel

Illustration

by James Blake Wiener
published on 21 November 2015

A Wari tapestry panel, 600-1000 CE. The design shows alternating natural and supernatural heads. The human heads wear a typical Wari tassled hat while the supernatural heads have a black headdress and they are sticking their tongues out. (Brooklyn Museum, New York)

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