• Image: Andean textile. Courtesy: Paul Hughes Collection

    Image: Andean textile. Courtesy: Paul Hughes Collection

Exhibition

Ancient Textiles from the Andes

29 Mar 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

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Open during gallery hours.

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free

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The Whitworth

Manchester
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

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This is a rare opportunity to see ancient Andean textiles of this quality and size exhibited in the UK. Through a major loan from the collector Paul Hughes, alongside pieces from the Whitworth, textiles from c300BC to c1400AD are on display.

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As well as celebrating breath-taking achievements in textile technique and design, this show explores the complexities of their transition from local ritual to a wider international stage. Vitally, acknowledging the human origins of these objects (from tombs and often from bodies themselves) they are part of a programme of debate about ethics, how objects are contextualised and the impact of conservation on how we understand them.

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