Textile Doll

1000-1450 (Late Intermediate)

14 cm 30.5 cm 3.8 cm

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Often referred to as dolls for their diminutive size and simplified imagery, these wood figures dressed in carefully crafted garments are frequently found in tombs from ancient Peru. Because there are no written records from this time period, their precise meaning and signific...

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Andy and Von Long, Denver, Colorado, between the 1960s and 1980s [mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1989 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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