Canopa (Votive Container) in the Shape of a Camelid

1470–1534

Not on view

Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 2 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (5.72 × 11.43 × 4.45 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Georgia and Michael de Havenon, B.A. 1962
Accession Number: 2018.123.10
Geography: Central Andes, Peru
Culture: Central Andes, Inca
Classification: Sculpture
Disclaimer: 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 records is ongoing.

Provenance

Georgia and Michael de Havenon, to 2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 14

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art, ceremonial objects, containers, votive offerings

Technical metadata and APIs

IIIF: Open in Mirador

View IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more
Linked Art: API response for this object

Linked Art is a Community working together to create a shared Model based on Linked Open Data to describe Art.