Painted Textile Artist: Unknown

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A.D. 900–1350

Art of the Ancient Americas

Not on view
Medium

Cotton plain weave painted with iron oxide dyes

Dimensions

53 × 44 1/2 in. (134.62 × 113.03 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Victor Teicher

Accession Number

2017.38.1

Geography

Peru

Culture

Andes, Central Coast, Chancay

Period

Late Intermediate Period

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Originally acquired at Sothebys, 1992 sale# 6299 lot 37- May 1992
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 15
  • Gören Burenhult, ed., The Illustrated History of Humankind, New World and Pacific Civilzations; Cultures of America, Asia and the Pacific (Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland, 1994), 97, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), mythology, textiles

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