Short Poncho

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CultureSiguas

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Short Poncho

Date100 BC–300 AD

Made inPeru

MediumCamelid wool yarns and natural dyes

Dimensions36 × 38 3/4 in. (91.4 × 98.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2016.59

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Art of the Indigenous Americas

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Provenance[Casa Pardo, 531 Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina, by 1961]; José Enquin (1903–1987) and Josefina Enquin de Albuquerque (1902–1974), 2326 Avenida del Libertador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, kept at home in Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1961–1987; by inheritance to Federico Carlos Cia Madariaga Enquin, through mother, Silvina Enquin de Albuquerque, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987–2016; [William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico – on behalf of Mr. Cia]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.

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