MAG Collection - Burial Mantle with Feline Figures

ca. 175 BCE - 100 CE
Precolumbian
48 1/4 x 113 in. (122.6 x 287 cm)

Paracas artist
Peru

Paracas; made in Peru

Object Type: Textiles

Medium and Support: Cotton and camelid fiber

Credit Line: R. T. Miller Fund

Accession Number: 1944.52

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Location: Not currently on view

Provenance

A. G. Nickstadt, New York, NY; purchased from him through Walram V. von Schoeler by the Gallery in 1944

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funerary objects

textiles

Paracas

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Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Pre-Spanish & American Indian Art Memorial Art Gallery 10/6/1944 - 00/00/00
C is for Cat Memorial Art Gallery 8/10/1971 - 10/31/1971
A Sampling of Textiles Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester 10/3/1975 - 11/2/1975

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Article Author: Schilling, Susan E.. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 256-257
Article Title: Pre-Columbian Additions. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 10, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: October 1944.
Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
A Sampling of Textiles. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1975.

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Odyssey Online Shows details of this textile that was used to wrap mummies.

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