Andean Textiles at the Yale University Art Gallery

The following event is associated with the exhibition Weaving and the Social World: 3,000 Years of Ancient Andean Textiles, which runs from May 20 – September 18, 2016.

General Gallery Tour, June 3, 2016 at 1.30 pm:

Ancient Andean textile traditions encompassed a broad diversity of styles, images, and weaving techniques. In this tour, Dicey Taylor, Ph.D. 1983, co-curator of the exhibition Weaving and the Social World: 3,000 Years of Ancient Andean Textiles, explores the astonishing variety of textile designs—which include bold geometric schemes, images of supernatural beings, and naturalistic birds, animals, and fish—and the sophisticated weaving and decorative techniques employed by Andean societies.