Female fiber sculpture. Chancay culture, central coast, Peru, ca. 1100-1470. Cotton, camelid wool, reed, and pigment. Yale University Art Gallery collection [3123×5550] [OC]
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Female fiber sculpture. Chancay culture, central coast, Peru, ca. 1100-1470. Cotton, camelid wool, reed, and pigment. Yale University Art Gallery collection [3123×5550] [OC]
by oldspice75
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https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/218555
Bowie’s pre-Ziggy phase.
Astonishing how well it has survived. If you’d told me it was from the 70s I wouldn’t have doubted it for a moment.
If only there was a name in the English language for anthropomorphic objects made from soft materials and used as toys…
I adore it! Thanks for sharing