


PERUVIAN ART 
In Fig. 18 there is an idea for the design student. In the original 
the two parts are in different colors, with the line of white between them. 
This will suggest to the design student the breaking up of any of the 
other figures and using the parts so obtained in his work. 
THE BIRD 
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Figs. 1-8 and 11 are from the coast region in the vicinity of Lima. 
Figs. 1-2 show the typical bird of Peruvian cloth. The heads and necks 
are fairly realistic. The body consists of the form mentioned in the 
remarks on the interlocked fish design, Plate II, Fig. 1. As was said, 
this consists of a figure bounded on one side by a straight line, and on the 
other by a zigzag which forms chevrons or points. The number of points, 
or length of the body, depends entirely on the space to be decorated. 
Fig. 3. The head is more realistic than in the two preceding figures, 
but the body is represented in the same way. In the original the space 
between the head and the body is nearly filled by the head of a second 
bird, turned in the opposite direction, the two forming an interlocked 
bird design. 
Fig. 4 is from the border of a tapestry poncho, where the decoration 
consists of a long line of these birds. Each figure is woven in several 
colors, and they are so placed that two with the same color scheme do 
not come together. Note the exaggerated topknot projecting over the 
bird’s head. This device makes the whole figure nearly rectangular, 
and in a row of such designs little space will be left undecorated. 
Fig. 5 is painted on white cloth. The heavy outline is black, the 
body brown, and the eye and space between the mandibles were left 
white. 
Fig. 6. Here again the artist resorted to the same device as is shown 
in Fig. 4. He has used an exaggerated topknot to balance his designs 
and cover space. 
Fig. 7. In this case the wings have been carried over the head and 
made to serve as quite a part of the design. 
Fig. 8 shows a common bird form in textiles. It will be seen that 
this is very closely related to the form in Fig. 2. If we substitute the 
legs in this for one of the points in the body of that one, we shall have 
practically the same design. 
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