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

1100–1476

Not on view

Medium: Camelid wool; cross-knit looping
Dimensions: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Erik Jacobsen
Accession Number: 2019.1.15
Geography: Andes Mountains
Culture: Andes, North or Central coast culture
Classification: Textiles
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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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Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art, histories (visual works), legends (literary genre), mythology, votive offerings

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