Fragment from a Tunic

A.D. 200–400

Camelid wool; interlocking tapestry weave

19.05 × 26.67 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

Gift of Erik Jacobsen

2019.1.116

Geography:

Central Andes, Peru

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

Central Andes, Southern Highlands,Tiwanaku Culture

Classification:

Textiles

Provenance:

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), 14-–5, no. 134.

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