迷你连衣裙 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	迷你连衣裙
品名（英）	Miniature Dress
入馆年号	1979年，1979.206.650
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1100 - 公元 1300
创作地区	秘鲁（Peru）
分类	纺织品羽毛制品（Textiles-Featherwork）
尺寸	高 8 3/4 x 宽 9 英寸 (22.2 x 22.9厘米)
介绍（中）	多彩的鸟羽毛在古代秘鲁非常珍贵，覆盖着它们的纺织品是前柱体世界最壮观的作品之一。据报道，这两件迷你礼服是秘鲁南部下伊卡山谷的乌卢贾亚（Ullujaya）的一大组类似服装的一部分。它们的制造遵循了用于全尺寸男女服装的惯例，但尺寸只有四分之一到三分之一。如图所示，小组中的女性礼服正面有棋盘格图案。头部和手臂沿顶部接缝的水平开口缝合闭合。这些微型服装在古代安第斯文化中的作用尚不清楚；它们可能在祈愿语境中起到了象征性的替代作用羽毛系在长长的细绳上，细绳又缝在普通棉布上。羽毛尖经常被修剪以形成清晰的轮廓，就像这些例子中的那样。这是一件意想不到的异国材料拼接而成的小礼服，具有很高的瓦数影响。
介绍（英）	Colorful bird feathers were highly prized in ancient Peru, and textiles covered with them are among the most spectacular works of the Precolumbian world. These two miniature dresses are part of a large group of similar garments reportedly found in an offering at Ullujaya, in the lower Ica Valley in southern Peru. Their manufacture follows the conventions used for full-sized male and female garments but at one-fourth to one-third the size. The women’s dresses in the group have a checkerboard design on the front, as seen here. The horizontal openings for the head and arms along the top seam are sewn closed. The function of these miniature garments in ancient Andean cultures is unclear; they may have served as symbolic substitutions in votive contexts. The feathers were tied onto long strings, which in turn were sewn onto plain cotton cloth. Feather tips were often clipped to create sharp outlines, as on these examples. An unexpected patchwork of exotic materials, these diminutive dresses have high-wattage impact.