Votive figure of an Andean Fox with Backward Facing Ears and Forelegs

1100–1476

Camelid wool; cross-knit looping

6.35 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Gift of Erik Jacobsen

2019.1.15

Geography:

Made in Andes Mountains

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

Andes, North or Central coast culture

Classification:

Textiles

Provenance:

Andres Moraga, to 1988; Erik Jacobsen Collection, to 2019; 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).

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