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Lapiner, December 6 to 31, 1969 (New York: André Emmerich, Inc., 1969), cat. 29.\n\t<br />\n\t[2] According to Sotheby’s, African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, Including Property from the Bareiss, Bohlen, and Dinhofer Collections (New York: Sotheby’s, 2008), lot. 9.\n</p>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"The expansive influence of the interrelated Tiwanaku and Wari empires defines the Middle Horizon period in Peruvian archaeology. From about 500 to 1000 CE, Tiwanaku was the hub of trade networks. With its eponymous center on Lake Titicaca, it encompassed and expanded beyond what is today Bolivia. The Wari empire, situated to the north, simultaneously imposed its own systems of control and aesthetics on communities throughout much of what is today Peru. Their art shares many stylistic features, although some Wari art employs complex forms of abstraction not seen in Tiwanaku visual culture. On the tunic\n\nworn by the Wari male figure above, for example, the interlocking opposed skeletal heads become colorful stripes. The Tiwanaku wood kero (ceremonial drinking cup) presents a frontal face with emanating, serpentine rays, a signature motif of Tiwanaku art that also adorns the silver plumes in the case opposite.\n","remarks":"AAA2_20-T6-1_CLA_FA.pdf - Day 1 installation"}],"datebegin":400,"sortnumber":"2008  156","published_date":"2026-02-11 12:10:45.278810","objectid":55758,"dimensions":"12.1 × 8.9 × 8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)","on_view":true}