Provenance Information

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Barash, by 1985 to 2016; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Barash to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.

Exhibition Information

On loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and in display in 1985. The work was subsequently returned to its owner until 1995, when it was exhibited in Ancient Peruvian Mantles, 300 B.C.-A.D. 200, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, from February 24, 1995 to August 13, 1995. After the exhibition, the work was converted into a long-term loan and has remained on view in Gallery 357.

Publication Information

Frame, Mary. 1995, Ancient Peruvian Mantles, 300 B.C.-A.D. 200. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cat. 6.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

This work has provenance confirmed to 1985, when it was first placed on temporary loan at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The work was again exhibited, and published, as part of a Metropolitan Museum special exhibition in 1995, and it has remained on long term loan at the Metropolitan since that time. The Metropolitan’s collections are strong in South Coast textiles, both from the Paracas cultures and later Ica featherworks. The Metropolitan has no textile false faces in its collection, and this gift fills an important gap in the Metropolitan’s display of South Coast art.