May 20 - September 18, 2016 - This exhibition celebrates the significance and beauty of ancient Andean textiles, demonstrating the spectrum of their designs and functions. It features exceptional loans from private collections, including tunics, mantles, and wall hangings, as well as related feather, gold, and silver ornaments; weaving implements; and ceramic vessels. Characterized by graphically powerful images of deities, animals, and geometric motifs and by advanced weaving techniques, these textiles reveal the brilliance of ancient South American weavers.
Dates:May 20, 2016 10:00 am to September 18, 2016 05:00 pm
Address:1111 Chapel Street , New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States
Phone: 203.432.0600
Contact:The Yale University Art Gallery
Website:http://artgallery.yale.edu/exhibitions/exhibition/weaving-and-social-world-3000-years-ancient-andean