COATIS: FROM THE AMERICAS TO EUROPE, FROM THE FAMILIAR TO THE EXOTIC

An Art History Animalia Webzibit
(regularly updated with new finds and research)

From the Felix Platter (1536-1614) collection of drawings sent to Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) for the Historiae animalium. Special Collections, University of Amsterdam
[EARLIEST KNOWN IMAGE OF A COATI IN EUROPE]

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➡️INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS A COATI?

last updated 5 January 2025


➡️COATIS IN INDIGENOUS AMERICAN MATERIAL AND VISUAL CULTURE

last updated 5 January 2025


➡️COATIS IN EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN MENAGERIES

last updated 6 January 2025


➡️REFERENCES

last updated 5 January 2025


➡️APPENDIX: COATI HISTORICAL NATURAL HISTORY ART & SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION (16TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURIES) IMAGE BANK

last updated 5 January 2025


➡️COATIS IN MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART

coming soon!

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