Llama Effigy

AD 1000-1470 (Late Intermediate)

40.4 cm 21.1 cm 16 cm

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The llama, a native camelid of the Americas, touched all aspects of Andean life. The llama- the only native American beast of burden-was used primarily to transport goods from the coastal deserts to the highest mountain plains. Well adapted to the extremes of the Andean enviro...

Sculpture

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80204
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Economos Works of Art [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1990s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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19
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