1972.23.5.1-2.McD Llama Figures, Miniature figurines of camelids (Peru, Inka)

These figurines are claimed to derive from a cache of offerings found on the southern coast of Peru. These miniature camelid figurines, which are composed of marine Spondylus shell, stand out as popular offerings created and used by Inca populations during the Late Horizon (1400-1532 CE). Cached along with objects of north coast design, the camelid figurines appear to demonstrate the movement of peoples and material goods during the Late Horizon, perhaps under Inca imperial rule.

Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1972.23.2.McD; 1972.23.1.McD; 1972.23.4.1.McD; 1972.23.4.2.McD; 1972.23.5.1.McD; 1972.23.5.2.McD], 2015.

Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326

Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352

Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829

spondylus shell (Spondylus genus/Spondylidae family): DMA

carving: AAT: 300053149

incising: AAT: 300053847

polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867

drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211

Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332

figurine: AAT: 300047455

sculpture: AAT: 300047090

ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117

ritual objects: AAT: 300312158

burials: AAT: 300263485

effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108

profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

animals: DMA

Camelidae (family): AAT: 300310434

Lama glama (species): AAT: 300256340

llama (species): AAT: 300256340

alpaca (species): AAT: 300310567

Until 1972: John Wise Ltd. (John and Nora Wise), New York [1], [2]

From 1972: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., purchased from the above [1], [2], [3], [4]

[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated October 06, 1972, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Letter from Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Eugene and Margaret McDermott (dated October 10, 1972, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File).

[3] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

[4] Works of art given or purchased by The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization, are placed in the custody of the DMA for the purpose of public display on the premises of the Museum or in other recognized art galleries or museum. The title to all works of art purchased (or otherwise acquired) by the McDermott Art Fund remains with the Fund.

253365128: UMO. [Caption] A Llama (Lama glama), in front of the Machu Picchu archaeological site, Peru. Source: Schuyler Shepherd (Own work), Wikimedia Commons, accessed: May 12, 2015, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Llama,_peru,_machu_picchu.jpg#/media/File:Llama,_peru,_machu_picchu.jpg.

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