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Art of the Ancient Americas
Artist: Unknown
Votive in the Form of a Chili Pepper
A.D. 100–300
Applied feathers over fiber core
8.89 × 12.7 cm (3 1/2 × 5 in.)
Gift of Erik Jacobsen
2019.1.76
Geography:
Made in Andes Mountains
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Andes, Early Nasca culture
Classification:
Textiles
Provenance:
Erik Jacobsen Collection, to 2019; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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.
