Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Female doll

MakerArtist unknown, Chancay culture, Peru, Central Coast

Date1000-1450

Made/manufacturedPeru

MediumWool, fibers

Dimensions10 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (25.7 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsTextiles

Credit LineGift of Marian Davis

Object number2016.38.2

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionFigure made with woven fibers (probably wool, possibly camelid); large head with embroidery on face (pink) some loss of threads; features on face defined by black thread, possibly camelid wool; black threads for hair; white tunic with fringe; legs taper to two points, and are covered with pink and red patterned wool; threads seem firable and hair is tangled; stuffing seems to be bundled fiber.