Votive Figure | Yale University Art Gallery

200 B.C.–A.D. 100

Not on view

Medium: Spun alpaca threads and alpaca fleece wrapped around fiber core; embroidery
Dimensions: 6 1/2 × 5 in. (16.51 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Erik Jacobsen
Accession Number: 2018.22.12
Geography: Andes Mountains
Culture: Andes, Sihuas Culture, Sihuas or Majes Valley
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

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

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

mythology, votive offerings

figures

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