Female Figure with Cloak

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Female Figure with Cloak
Date1450–1532 AD
Possible placeEcuador
Possible placePeru, South America
Possible placeChile
Possible placeBolivia
MediumCast silver and woven camelid wool
DimensionsOverall (.A, Figure): 2 × 3/8 × 9/16 in. (5.1 × 1 × 1.4 cm)
Other (.B, textile with three pins): 5 × 5 3/8in. (12.7 × 13.7cm)
Other (.C, textile): 4 11/16 × 6 7/8in. (11.9 × 17.5cm)
Other (.D, bundle wrapping): 1/4 × 7/8 × 23 1/2in. (0.6 × 2.2 × 59.7cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1397.A-.D
Non exposé

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Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 15, 1994, lot #35);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1397

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