GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Miniature human and animal figurines composed of high-value silver, gold, or Spondylus shell are often found archaeologically associated with sacrifices of male and female juveniles in a ritual known as capacocha (qhapac hucha). Some capacocha offerings also include small feathered bags, such as this red and yellow example. The bags may contain coca leaves, maize kernels, or the recently cut human hair of the juveniles themselves.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1982.393.FA; 1983.632; 1983.633; 1983.634; 1983.635; 1983.636; 1989.W.2483], 2015.
NOTES
- n.d., updated by KJones in TMS on 01/25/16.
- No geographic location, culture, dates, or period noted; updated in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean highlands or coast, Inca (Inka), 1400–1540, feathers and cotton.
Catalogue essays
- The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art
- Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art
- Textile Production in the Andes
- Andean Orthography
Artist/designers
Cultures
Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Inca Empire: TGN: 6002741
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
weaving: AAT: 300053642
plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167
tabby (process): AAT: 300312167
featherwork: AAT: 300044032
feather (material): AAT: 300011809
cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670
Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332
Individuals
Subject terms
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
burials: AAT: 300263485
ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
offering (tribute / payment / economic concepts /social science concepts): DMA
tributes (economic concepts / social science concepts): AAT: 300404872
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
children (people by age group): AAT: 300025945
capacocha (qhapac hucha / sacrificial ritual): DMA
red (color): AAT: 300126225
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
macaws (bird): AAT: 300310660
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PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
Miniature human and animal figurines composed of high-value silver, gold, or Spondylus shell are often found archaeologically associated with sacrifices of male and female juveniles in a ritual known as capacocha (qhapac hucha). Some capacocha offerings also include small feathered bags, such as this red and yellow example. The bags may contain coca leaves, maize kernels, or the recently cut human hair of the juveniles themselves.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1982.393.FA; 1983.632; 1983.633; 1983.634; 1983.635; 1983.636; 1989.W.2483], 2015.
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Notes
- n.d., updated by KJones in TMS on 01/25/16.
- No geographic location, culture, dates, or period noted; updated in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: Andean highlands or coast, Inca (Inka), 1400–1540, feathers and cotton.
Catalogue essays
- The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art
- Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art
- Textile Production in the Andes
- Andean Orthography
Artist/designers
Cultures
Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Inca Empire: TGN: 6002741
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
weaving: AAT: 300053642
plain weave (process): AAT: 300312167
tabby (process): AAT: 300312167
featherwork: AAT: 300044032
feather (material): AAT: 300011809
cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670
Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332
Individuals
Subject terms
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
burials: AAT: 300263485
ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
offering (tribute / payment / economic concepts /social science concepts): DMA
tributes (economic concepts / social science concepts): AAT: 300404872
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
sacrifices: AAT: 300263243
children (people by age group): AAT: 300025945
capacocha (qhapac hucha / sacrificial ritual): DMA
red (color): AAT: 300126225
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
macaws (bird): AAT: 300310660
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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