On view
Art of the Ancient Americas
Standing figure with accoutrements,
1438–1532
Inka
Late Horizon
y1993-71 a-g
Information
Title
Standing figure with accoutrements
Dates
1438–1532
Medium
Spondylus shell, camelid fiber, silver, and feathers
Dimensions
bundle: l. 25.8 cm. (10 3/16 in.)
feather piece: h. 20.6 cm., w. 12.0 cm., d. 2.0 cm. (8 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
cloth: h. 11.5 cm., w. 14.0 cm. (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
y1993-71 a-g
Place Made
South America, Peru, Argentina, or Chile
Culture
Period
Type
1993, Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), gift to the Princeton University Art Museum.
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1993", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 53, no. 1 (1994): p. 46-95., p. 68
- Bryan Cockrell and Colin McEwan, “The Fabrication and Ritual Significance of Inka Miniature Figurines in the Princeton University Art Museum,” Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 75/76 (2016-17): 18-41., figs. 2, 4, 5, 6
- Andrew Hamilton, Scale and the Incas (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018)., pl. 66 [headdress only]