One of a Pair of Three Dimensional Tassels from a Garment, with the Long Red and White Tassel

1100–1476

Not on view

Medium: Cotton, camelid wool, vegetal fiber? wrapping, looping, knotting, embroidery
Dimensions: 17.78 × 7.62 cm (7 × 3 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Erik Jacobsen
Accession Number: 2017.40.3
Geography: Central Andes, Peru
Culture: Central Andes, Chimú
Period: Late Intermediate Period
Classification: Textiles
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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).

Vanessa Drake Moraga, Shamans, Supernaturals and Animal Spirits: Mythic Figures from the Ancient Andes, 2 vols. (Larkspur, Calif.: OLOLO Press, 2016), ill.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, human figures (visual works), tassel

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