Bibliography
Benson, Elizabeth P. 1963 Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. 75, cat. 425.
Bliss, Robert Woods 1947 Indigenous Art of the Americas: Collection of Robert Woods Bliss. National Gallery of Art; Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C., p. 39, cat. 215.
Bliss, Robert Woods 1957 Pre-Columbian Art: The Robert Woods Bliss Collection. Text and Critical Analyses by S. K. Lothrop, Joy Mahler and William F. Foshag. Phaidon, New York. p. 284, cat. 372, pl. CLXII.
Boone, Elizabeth Hill (ED.) 1996 Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks; No. 1. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. vol. 2, p. 454-6, pl. 132.
Jones, Julie 1964 Art of Empire: The Inca of Peru. New York. pl. 75.
Scott, John F. 1999 Latin American Art: Ancient to Modern. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Exhibition History
"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, April 1947 to July 1949 and March to June 1961.
"Art of Empire: The Inca of Peru", Museum of Primitive Art, New York, NY, 11/20/1963 - 2/2/1964 (catalogue # 130).
"Fabric of the Inca Empire: Traditions Suppressed by the European Invasion", The Textile Museum, Washington DC, 7/13/1991 - 1/5/1992.
Acquisition History
Acquired by Robert Woods Bliss before 1947.
Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1947-1962.
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC.
