Fragment from a Hanging or Garment

800–400 B.C.

Cotton; plain weave with oxide dyes (tannin/iron)

15.24 × 15.24 cm (6 × 6 in.)

Gift of Erik Jacobsen

2017.40.1

Geography:

Central Andes, Peru

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Central Andes, South Coast, Karwa, Chavín Culture

Period:

Early Horizon

Classification:

Textiles

Provenance:

Erik Jacobsen Collection, to 2017; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

Anne Paul, ed., Paracas Art and Architecture: Object and Context in South Coastal Peru (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1991), 77–78, fig. 3.6.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.