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Art of the Ancient Americas
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Female Fiber Sculpture
1100–1470
Cotton, camelid wool, reed, and pigment
26.67 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Gift of Erik Jacobsen
2017.40.2
Geography:
Central Andes, Peru
Status:
On view
Culture:
Central Andes, Central Coast, Chancay Culture
Period:
Late Intermediate Period
Classification:
Textiles
Provenance:
Michael Higgins, to 1988; Erik Jacobsen Collection, to 2017; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Vanessa Drake Moraga, Shamans, Supernaturals and Animal Spirits: Mythic Figures from the Ancient Andes, 2 vols. (Larkspur, Calif.: OLOLO Press, 2016), ill.
“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).
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.
