Pampas Cat Motif from a Mantle or Hanging

ca. A.D. 1300

Camelid wool; plain weave, embroidery

16.51 × 20.32 cm (6 1/2 × 8 in.)

Gift of Erik Jacobsen

2019.1.16

Geography:

Peru

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

Andes, Chancay

Period:

14th century

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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