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The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork, 15301830
Tapestry with scrolls and hunters (detail)
Southern Andes, late 17th to early 18th century(?)
Tapestry weave, cotton warp and camelid weft; 84 3/4 x 75 1/4 in. (215.3 x 191.1 cm)
Severoceské Muzeum, Liberec, Czech Republic T1192
Man's tunic (uncu) with lions and double-headed crowned eagles
Southern Andes (Bolivia), 17th century
Cotton warp and camelid weft; Garment: 35 x 29 3/4 in. (88.9 x 75.6 cm), woven dimensions: 29 3/4 x 70 in. (75.6 x 177.8 cm)
Private collection
Woman's wedding mantle (lliclla) with mermaids and Spanish figures
Lake Titicaca, 16th or 17th century(?)
Tapestry weave, cotton warp and camelid and metallic and possibly viscacha hair weft; 43 3/8 x 46 3/4 in. (110.2 x 118.7 cm)
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 5/3773
Drinking vessel (bernegal)
Gold, cast, molded, and chased, with burnished punchwork; 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.8 x 17.7 cm)
Mel Fischer Maritime Museum, Key West, Florida 86.08.0008
Tapestry with figurative scenes (detail)
Andes, 17th century
Tapestry weave, cotton warp and camelid weft; 89 1/2 x 70 in. (227.3 x 177.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Morris Loeb Bequest, 1956 (56.163)
Tapestry with pelican
Andean, late 17thearly 18th century
Tapestry weave, cotton warp and camelid and silk weft; 69 x 65 in. (175.3 x 165.1 cm)
The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. 91.504
Incense burner (sahumador)
Lima, late 18th century(?)
Silver, cast, chased, and pierced, with burnished punchwork; 7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (19 x 27 cm)
Eucharistic urn in the form of a pelican
Lima(?), ca. 175060
Silver, partially gilt, with gold and precious stones, cast, molded, repoussé, and chased, with burnished punchwork; H. 32 5/8 in. (83 cm), max. W. 35 7/8 in. (91 cm), base 11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (30 x 30 cm)
Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Prado, Lima
Frame
Potosí(?), ca. 178090
Silver, repoussé, molded, and chased; 37 1/4 x 23 5/8 in. (94.5 x 60 cm)
Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco, Buenos Aires 363/26-69-02