Fragment from a Mantle

200–50 B.C.

Camelid wool; discontinuous double-interlocking warp and weft

76.2 x 66.04 cm (30 x 26 in.)

Gift of Erik Jacobsen

2017.40.12

Culture:

Andes, Sihuas, Sihuas or Majes Valley

Period:

Early Intermediate Period

Classification:

Textiles

Status:

Not on view

Provenance:

Michael Andrews, to 1991; Erik Jacobsen Collection, to 2019; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography:

Vanessa Drake Moraga, Shamans, Supernaturals & 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.