Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Stanley Selengut (an importer of Andean crafts) in 1970 using funds donated by Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987, a New York City physician, philanthropist, and art collector) and his wife Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (1919-2019).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Quechua
- Previous owner
- Stanley Selengut, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Stanley Selengut, Non-Indian
- Presenter/funding source
- Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, Non-Indian, 1913-1987
- Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler), Non-Indian, 1919-2019
- Object Name
- Llama pectoral/chest ornament
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cloth, wool yarn
- Techniques
- Sewn, embroidered
- Dimensions
- 55 x 37 cm
- Object Type
- Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry
