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Peru, Chancay Painted Cotton Panel with Four Abstract Figures and Symbols
The cotton panel is painted in blue, tan and orange. The drawing can be interpreted as 3 woven panels or tunics with fringes, each decorated with different abstract designs. On each side of the central panel are two abstract creatures with curly tails on an orange ground.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length: 46" x Width: 23"
$7,500
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Peru, Chancay Painted Cotton Panel with Four Abstract Figures and Symbols

The cotton panel is painted in blue, tan and orange. The drawing can be interpreted as 3 woven panels or tunics with fringes, each decorated with different abstract designs. On each side of the central panel are two abstract creatures with curly tails on an orange ground.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length: 46" x Width: 23"

$7,500

n6056h

Peru, Chancay stamped decorated woven panel
The decoration is a combination of resist dying and then stamped design. There are over 7 different motifs all arranged in diagonal patterns.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length: 15'(180") x Width: 4'(48")
$15,000
N2027

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Peru, Chancay stamped decorated woven panel

The decoration is a combination of resist dying and then stamped design. There are over 7 different motifs all arranged in diagonal patterns.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length: 15'(180") x Width: 4'(48")

$15,000

N2027

Peru, Chimu Tapestry Panel with 18 Cacti
The panel is arranged with three rows of cacti, probably the San Pedro cactus species. The San Pedro is also eaten as psychoactive fruit and is shaped like a star or flower when sliced. This panel illustrates three rows of plants, each with a bird eating the fruit. The rows of cacti are bordered by double rows of stylized crowned Chimu crowned.
This panel was cut from a larger weaving. The fringe is authentic, coming from the original weaving, but was re-attached. The panel is mounted in a Plexiglas box. The framer used an adhesive to attach the weaving to the ivory cotton ground; it should not be removed from the stretcher.
Formerly in a New York private collection prior to 1979.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Height: 22" x Width: 23"
$3,250
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Peru, Chimu Tapestry Panel with 18 Cacti

The panel is arranged with three rows of cacti, probably the San Pedro cactus species. The San Pedro is also eaten as psychoactive fruit and is shaped like a star or flower when sliced. This panel illustrates three rows of plants, each with a bird eating the fruit. The rows of cacti are bordered by double rows of stylized crowned Chimu crowned.
This panel was cut from a larger weaving. The fringe is authentic, coming from the original weaving, but was re-attached. The panel is mounted in a Plexiglas box. The framer used an adhesive to attach the weaving to the ivory cotton ground; it should not be removed from the stretcher.
Formerly in a New York private collection prior to 1979.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Height: 22" x Width: 23"

$3,250

n9042

Peru, Chimu Tapestry Panel with 18 Ducks in Profile
This tapestry features 18 ducks in profile, and arranged in three rows, each oriented in the same direction. Each duck has one wing stylized in the shape of a single feather and the other behind its head. There is delicate detailing in the feet and tail feathers.
The panel is mounted in a Plexiglas box. The framer used an adhesive to attach the weaving to the ivory cotton ground; it should not be removed from the stretcher.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Height: 13" x Width 31"
$3,550
n9041

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Peru, Chimu Tapestry Panel with 18 Ducks in Profile

This tapestry features 18 ducks in profile, and arranged in three rows, each oriented in the same direction. Each duck has one wing stylized in the shape of a single feather and the other behind its head. There is delicate detailing in the feet and tail feathers.
The panel is mounted in a Plexiglas box. The framer used an adhesive to attach the weaving to the ivory cotton ground; it should not be removed from the stretcher.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Height: 13" x Width 31"

$3,550

n9041

Peru, Chimu Tapestry Shirt with Pelican Narrative
This is a complete tapestry woven shirt with sleeves constructed of cotton warps and camelid wefts in red, brown, olive and white on an ochre ground. It depicts a mythical marine narrative with two pelicans carrying a litter bearing a trophy head in the form of a skate with a face. Litters were considered a prestigious mode of transportation on the North coast. The presence of this image within the narrative reinforces the importance of the individual who wore this shirt. There is a pelican with a crescent headdress on top of each litter. Each of the four panels displays the same scene in reverse colors. This shirt is illustrated in Rowe, Ann, "Costumes and Featherwork of the Lords of Chimor" published by The Textile Museum, 1984, fig 103. Formally in the collection of the Southwest Museum in California.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Width 47-1/2" x Length 19-1/2"
Price Upon Request
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Peru, Chimu Tapestry Shirt with Pelican Narrative

This is a complete tapestry woven shirt with sleeves constructed of cotton warps and camelid wefts in red, brown, olive and white on an ochre ground. It depicts a mythical marine narrative with two pelicans carrying a litter bearing a trophy head in the form of a skate with a face. Litters were considered a prestigious mode of transportation on the North coast. The presence of this image within the narrative reinforces the importance of the individual who wore this shirt. There is a pelican with a crescent headdress on top of each litter. Each of the four panels displays the same scene in reverse colors. This shirt is illustrated in Rowe, Ann, "Costumes and Featherwork of the Lords of Chimor" published by The Textile Museum, 1984, fig 103. Formally in the collection of the Southwest Museum in California.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Width 47-1/2" x Length 19-1/2"

Price Upon Request

96127

Peru, Colorful Chancay Gauze with Abstract Faces
This is a very unusual gauze in blue, red, and saffron colors. It is woven in two panels and depicts three bands of large abstract faces, bordered by step clefs. In the opposite orientation the faces appear as skates and frogs.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length: 27" x Width: 26"
$7,000
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Peru, Colorful Chancay Gauze with Abstract Faces

This is a very unusual gauze in blue, red, and saffron colors. It is woven in two panels and depicts three bands of large abstract faces, bordered by step clefs. In the opposite orientation the faces appear as skates and frogs.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length: 27" x Width: 26"

$7,000

n6053h

Peru, Early Nazca/Late Wari Tie- Dye Patchwork Rectangular Bag
This tie dye rectangular bag with discontinuous interlocking patchwork was probably used for carrying feathers. The bag was made from surplus squares left over from a larger mantle, utilizing the scaffold technique. Collected by Gunnolf Bjorkman who worked in Lima in the 1960's and settled in Buenos Aires.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length: 26" x Width: 4 1/2 in.
$7,250
91265

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Peru, Early Nazca/Late Wari Tie- Dye Patchwork Rectangular Bag

This tie dye rectangular bag with discontinuous interlocking patchwork was probably used for carrying feathers. The bag was made from surplus squares left over from a larger mantle, utilizing the scaffold technique. Collected by Gunnolf Bjorkman who worked in Lima in the 1960's and settled in Buenos Aires.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length: 26" x Width: 4 1/2 in.

$7,250

91265

Peru, Early Nazca/Sihuas Feather Tunic With the Eight Pointed Star On an Orange Ground
This tunic with an eight-pointed star motif, also referred to as the Radiant Sun, is similar to other published tunics. The front part is a complete star with assorted color blocks of blue feathers. The back of the tunic has only two blue stripes on an orange ground with a fringe of turquoise macaw tail feathers. The blue feathers do not contain blue pigment, but instead are natural prisms which brightly reflect the color of the sky. I believe that all the feathers are from the Scarlet, Yellow, and Blue Macaws. Tunics with similar motifs are illustrated in TEXTILE ART OF PERU, 1989, L.L. Editores, Lima. pages145,-147 & 163. Usually tunics with an eight-pointed star motif are from the Nazca region, from the South coast of Peru. This tunic was found in the Sihuas region near the city of Arequipa and predates the Nazca by 500 years. The backing fabric is fragile and needs proper conservation.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length 56" x Width 35" (142cm X 88.9cm)
•SOLD
N1028

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Peru, Early Nazca/Sihuas Feather Tunic With the Eight Pointed Star On an Orange Ground

This tunic with an eight-pointed star motif, also referred to as the Radiant Sun, is similar to other published tunics. The front part is a complete star with assorted color blocks of blue feathers. The back of the tunic has only two blue stripes on an orange ground with a fringe of turquoise macaw tail feathers. The blue feathers do not contain blue pigment, but instead are natural prisms which brightly reflect the color of the sky. I believe that all the feathers are from the Scarlet, Yellow, and Blue Macaws. Tunics with similar motifs are illustrated in TEXTILE ART OF PERU, 1989, L.L. Editores, Lima. pages145,-147 & 163. Usually tunics with an eight-pointed star motif are from the Nazca region, from the South coast of Peru. This tunic was found in the Sihuas region near the city of Arequipa and predates the Nazca by 500 years. The backing fabric is fragile and needs proper conservation.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length 56" x Width 35" (142cm X 88.9cm)

•SOLD

N1028

Peru, Huarmay Tapestry Border to a Poncho with Three Warriors
This classic Huarmay style tapestry is crafted in the classic Huarmay colors of ivory, blue, and red with black outlines. Each warrior wears different colors, and each holds a tumi in his left hand and wears an elaborate headdress with two long, forward-tilting plumes. Separating the warriors are blocks of ivory with three abstract birds on a diagonal. Along the bottom edge is a repeating classic step volute line in blue with a white outline. The Huarmay culture thrived during the Late Moche Period on the most Southern of the fourteen Moche valleys, and were influenced by the Wari. Mounted, in a Plexiglas box. Minor losses to the ivory central panel. Formerly in a New York private collection prior to 1979.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Width: 48" x Height: 6 1/2"
$8,500
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Peru, Huarmay Tapestry Border to a Poncho with Three Warriors

This classic Huarmay style tapestry is crafted in the classic Huarmay colors of ivory, blue, and red with black outlines. Each warrior wears different colors, and each holds a tumi in his left hand and wears an elaborate headdress with two long, forward-tilting plumes. Separating the warriors are blocks of ivory with three abstract birds on a diagonal. Along the bottom edge is a repeating classic step volute line in blue with a white outline. The Huarmay culture thrived during the Late Moche Period on the most Southern of the fourteen Moche valleys, and were influenced by the Wari. Mounted, in a Plexiglas box. Minor losses to the ivory central panel. Formerly in a New York private collection prior to 1979.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Width: 48" x Height: 6 1/2"

$8,500

n9040

Peru, Inca/Ica Tapestry Borders to a Tunic depicting creatures in profile holding a bird
A very finely woven tapestry work in alternating color arrangements on tan and red grounds. The creature is wearing an upside down tunic on his head with a early Inca motif of checkerboard pattern. Color is used to create hidden images.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length 24 1/2" x Width 3 1/4" framed / 23" x 2 1/4" unmounted
$4,850
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Peru, Inca/Ica Tapestry Borders to a Tunic depicting creatures in profile holding a bird

A very finely woven tapestry work in alternating color arrangements on tan and red grounds. The creature is wearing an upside down tunic on his head with a early Inca motif of checkerboard pattern. Color is used to create hidden images.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length 24 1/2" x Width 3 1/4" framed / 23" x 2 1/4" unmounted

$4,850

M3136

Peru, Knotted Textile Fringe with very colorful abstract motif.
This knotted fringe is distiguished by its brilliant colors. It has an abstract "z" motif repeated along the band. It is not woven on a loom, but is created by a method referred to as "tubular looping". Looping is a single element technique in which the free end and full length of the yarn are pulled through previous work at the edge of the fabric to form each new loop. Looping predates the domestication of fiber-bearing plants and animals and the invention of weaving in the Americas and possibly Eurasia.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: length 61 inches; width 2 inches
$2,100
91105

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Peru, Knotted Textile Fringe with very colorful abstract motif.

This knotted fringe is distiguished by its brilliant colors. It has an abstract "z" motif repeated along the band. It is not woven on a loom, but is created by a method referred to as "tubular looping". Looping is a single element technique in which the free end and full length of the yarn are pulled through previous work at the edge of the fabric to form each new loop. Looping predates the domestication of fiber-bearing plants and animals and the invention of weaving in the Americas and possibly Eurasia.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: length 61 inches; width 2 inches

$2,100

91105

Peru, Large fragment to a Wari tunic in Unusual Colors with Abstract Monkey Faces
The fragment consists of two large sections that join, making it almost 60 inches in length. The design is of opposing monkeys in profile. Both profile monkey faces also combine to create a third, larger monkey face in two colors. The monkey’s tail turns into a step fret motif, typical of Wari tunics. The thread count is high, at around 120 per inch. The warps are of cotton and the wefts are of fine alpaca. Cotton warps suggests that the tunic was woven on the coast.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Overall length is 60" x Width of 20"Section A Length: 30" x Width: 20"Section B Length: 30" x Width: 20'
$6,950
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Peru, Large fragment to a Wari tunic in Unusual Colors with Abstract Monkey Faces

The fragment consists of two large sections that join, making it almost 60 inches in length. The design is of opposing monkeys in profile. Both profile monkey faces also combine to create a third, larger monkey face in two colors. The monkey’s tail turns into a step fret motif, typical of Wari tunics. The thread count is high, at around 120 per inch. The warps are of cotton and the wefts are of fine alpaca. Cotton warps suggests that the tunic was woven on the coast.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Overall length is 60" x Width of 20"
Section A Length: 30" x Width: 20"
Section B Length: 30" x Width: 20'

$6,950

n7018

Peru, Late Paracas/Early Nasca Embroidered Section with Monkey Deities
This section of a tunic is illustrated with four monkey deities, identifiable by their opposing toes. The monkey deities are embroidered in alternating colors, with arms outstretched as if they are flying. The first monkey deity wears a grey puma headdress adorned with chili peppers. The second monkey deity holds a serpent and wears white nose ornament. A second serpent emanates from his mouth. The third deity, holding a trophy head and a knife, is dressed in a cloak, a loincloth, a gold mouth mask, and a diadem on his forehead. The diadem is surrounded by three animal heads. A serpent emanates from his mouth. The last monkey deity is crafted with a completely different color palette, creating a stunning overall composition. This tunic is originally from an old collection and was sold in the late 1970s by Gail Martin Textile Gallery in Manhattan (1970-2017).
@@ The elaborate color scheme suggest the influence of psychedelic drugs and the intense colors that are experienced when in a trance state. The agricultural imagery symbolizes the Paracas’ mindset of cultivating an abundant harvest in an arid dessert.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length:: 24" x Width: 2 3/4" Mounted on a stretcher 27" x 5 1/2"strethcer.
$47,500
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Peru, Late Paracas/Early Nasca Embroidered Section with Monkey Deities

This section of a tunic is illustrated with four monkey deities, identifiable by their opposing toes. The monkey deities are embroidered in alternating colors, with arms outstretched as if they are flying. The first monkey deity wears a grey puma headdress adorned with chili peppers. The second monkey deity holds a serpent and wears white nose ornament. A second serpent emanates from his mouth. The third deity, holding a trophy head and a knife, is dressed in a cloak, a loincloth, a gold mouth mask, and a diadem on his forehead. The diadem is surrounded by three animal heads. A serpent emanates from his mouth. The last monkey deity is crafted with a completely different color palette, creating a stunning overall composition. This tunic is originally from an old collection and was sold in the late 1970s by Gail Martin Textile Gallery in Manhattan (1970-2017).
@@ The elaborate color scheme suggest the influence of psychedelic drugs and the intense colors that are experienced when in a trance state. The agricultural imagery symbolizes the Paracas’ mindset of cultivating an abundant harvest in an arid dessert.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length:: 24" x Width: 2 3/4" Mounted on a stretcher 27" x 5 1/2"strethcer.

$47,500

pp008

Peru, Nasca Headband with Orange Tie-dye Llama Hair
These unusual headbands are made of a cotton knotted mesh with shanks of llama hair tied into the knots. The inside does not show any of the shanks of hair.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Diameter 7.5" x Height 4"
$2,750
p1040

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Peru, Nasca Headband with Orange Tie-dye Llama Hair

These unusual headbands are made of a cotton knotted mesh with shanks of llama hair tied into the knots. The inside does not show any of the shanks of hair.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Diameter 7.5" x Height 4"

$2,750

p1040

Peru, Nasca Slit Tapestry Band with 8 Faces of The Proliferous Being on Red Ground
All eight faces are in the same orientation and alternate between two color arrangements: those with burgundy faces and those with red-orange faces. Each of the faces has a headdress with extensions, a mouth mask with extensions, and fingers holding a horizontal staff. One of the few Nasca tunics which depicts similar face bands and is same width is illustrated in TEIDOS MILENARIOS - ANCIENT PERUVIAN TEXTILES by Jose De Lavalle, page 264-5, ISBN# 9972-717-01-1.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Lengtht: 45 1/2" x Width 6"
$16,000
M6039

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Peru, Nasca Slit Tapestry Band with 8 Faces of The Proliferous Being on Red Ground

All eight faces are in the same orientation and alternate between two color arrangements: those with burgundy faces and those with red-orange faces. Each of the faces has a headdress with extensions, a mouth mask with extensions, and fingers holding a horizontal staff. One of the few Nasca tunics which depicts similar face bands and is same width is illustrated in TEIDOS MILENARIOS - ANCIENT PERUVIAN TEXTILES by Jose De Lavalle, page 264-5, ISBN# 9972-717-01-1.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Lengtht: 45 1/2" x Width 6"

$16,000

M6039

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Peru, Nazca Border decorated with twenty-one abstract feline dieties

A Nazca band decorated with seven abstract feline deities images alternating in colors of blue, yellow, and maroon on a red ground. The image is facing up with a hind leg and tail outlined in black. A similar image is illustrated in Ancient Peruvian Textiles from the Collection of the Textile Museum, plate 17.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length 20" x Width 2"

$3,100

94178

Peru, Nazca kilim-style border to tunic with alternating zig zags
The zig-zags on this border are separated by bold triangular fields with ivory, blue and orange on brown ground. This weaving is one of the vertical side borders to the tunic.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length 83" x Width 14 1/2"
$11,500
91091

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Peru, Nazca kilim-style border to tunic with alternating zig zags

The zig-zags on this border are separated by bold triangular fields with ivory, blue and orange on brown ground. This weaving is one of the vertical side borders to the tunic.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length 83" x Width 14 1/2"

$11,500

91091

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Peru, Nazca Tunic with bold stepped/diamond motif in red, brown and gold.

This scaffold-woven poncho is decorated with a series of complete stepped diamonds alternating in red and gold, outlined in brown. The bottom is bordered by gold, red and brown horizontal bands, with a narrow braid of twisted gold on top of a brown fringe. This tunic was made by two different weavers in the same workshop as seen by the slightly different sizes of diamonds. It's very rare to find a complete tunic intact and unopened.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Height 34" x Length 42"

$30,000

93076

Peru, Nazca white panel embroidered with 3 red and gold figures, sampler
This panel is embroidered with three red and gold figures interspersed with small red, gold, and green abstract designs and "X" shapes on a white ground. Each end is selveged with a very narrow black and white border. Similar textiles are described and illustrated in "Early Nazca Needlework" by Alan Sawyer.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: length 63 x width 22 in.
$4,100
93129

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Peru, Nazca white panel embroidered with 3 red and gold figures, sampler

This panel is embroidered with three red and gold figures interspersed with small red, gold, and green abstract designs and "X" shapes on a white ground. Each end is selveged with a very narrow black and white border. Similar textiles are described and illustrated in "Early Nazca Needlework" by Alan Sawyer.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: length 63 x width 22 in.

$4,100

93129

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Peru, Pachacamac woven bird

This woven bird is brown, blue and white on a light brown ground, and has a smaller brown bird with a blue head behind it. There are a series of smaller, more stylized birds around the edge of the textile. It was originally woven to be an emblem for tunic and was part of a large cache which was woven for tribute. A similar bird is illustrated in TEXTILE ART OF PERU pg. 276. This is a good example of a woven shaped tapestry as it is not cut.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Width 17" x Length 20" mounted / length 10 x width 9 in.

$7,500

93127

Peru, Paracas Embroidered Section with Four Birds
This embroidery textile is decorated with five mythical birds in red, green, orange, and blue on plain cotton. In front of each of the large birds is a miniature bird in contrasting colors. This textile is illustrated in ANCIENT PERUVIAN TEXTILES by Ferdinand Anton,1984, pl.52.
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: Length 2 1/4; Height 7 1/2 inches
$1,800
92071

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Peru, Paracas Embroidered Section with Four Birds

This embroidery textile is decorated with five mythical birds in red, green, orange, and blue on plain cotton. In front of each of the large birds is a miniature bird in contrasting colors. This textile is illustrated in ANCIENT PERUVIAN TEXTILES by Ferdinand Anton,1984, pl.52.

Media: Ceramic

Dimensions: Length 2 1/4; Height 7 1/2 inches

$1,800

92071

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Peru, Sihuas Mummy Mask with tie-dye panel (twin blue)

This group of four panels represent a very rare type of textile in which the woven cloth was attached to a tie-dyed skirts. It seems that all four had ties at the top of the head. These textile figure cloths were probably placed over the deaceased in tombs. They date to the Sihuas III Phase.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Height 46"x Width 24"

$25,000

M8050

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Peru, Sihuas Mummy Mask with tie-dye panel (twin green)

This group of four panels represent a very rare type of textile in which the woven cloth was attached to a tie-dyed skirts. It seems that all four had ties at the top of the head. These textile figure cloths were probably placed over the deaceased in tombs. They date to the Sihuas III Phase.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Height 46" Width 27"

$25,000

M8053

Peru, Sihuas Tapestry Panel Depicting a Sun Face Deity Holding a Staff in Each Hand
The panel depicts an elaborate Sun Face Deity holding fancy staffs with Puma heads in profile. The Deity wears a colorful headdress and an unusual chest decoration. Beneath the deity is a litter held by four attendants. In the center of the litter is a self-referential depiction of a tunic. Underneath the litter are two staff bearers that appear in front of the litter. On each side is a column of four unique kneeling anthropomorphized attendants with bird-like characteristics. Among the attendants are two figures with human faces who are blowing conch trumpets. A similar, less complicated example is illustrated in TIWANAKU: ANCESTORS OF THE INKA by Maragaret Young-Sanchez, fig. 1.9.
Condition: There are losses and repairs throughout.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Height: 20" x Width: 29"
$18,000
N6012

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Peru, Sihuas Tapestry Panel Depicting a Sun Face Deity Holding a Staff in Each Hand

The panel depicts an elaborate Sun Face Deity holding fancy staffs with Puma heads in profile. The Deity wears a colorful headdress and an unusual chest decoration. Beneath the deity is a litter held by four attendants. In the center of the litter is a self-referential depiction of a tunic. Underneath the litter are two staff bearers that appear in front of the litter. On each side is a column of four unique kneeling anthropomorphized attendants with bird-like characteristics. Among the attendants are two figures with human faces who are blowing conch trumpets. A similar, less complicated example is illustrated in TIWANAKU: ANCESTORS OF THE INKA by Maragaret Young-Sanchez, fig. 1.9. Condition: There are losses and repairs throughout.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Height: 20" x Width: 29"

$18,000

N6012

Peru, Two Female Chancay Dolls Each
The female tapestry faces are divided into three sections while those of the males are woven in two sections. One holds a wad of unspun cotton while the other holds a spindle with brown cotton strapped around it. Each has a witch’s veil covering the back of the head. Ex collection Justin and Barbara Kerr, prior to 1970.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Height: 10 1/4" x Width of Face: 4 1/4"
$8,500
n7013

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Peru, Two Female Chancay Dolls Each

The female tapestry faces are divided into three sections while those of the males are woven in two sections. One holds a wad of unspun cotton while the other holds a spindle with brown cotton strapped around it. Each has a witch’s veil covering the back of the head. Ex collection Justin and Barbara Kerr, prior to 1970.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Height: 10 1/4" x Width of Face: 4 1/4"

$8,500

n7013

Peru, Wari three dimensional coil woven snake dance wand
Shamans use dance wands hypnotize their attendants. This wand has 6 different patterns on its back and a solid brown underside. The tip has a 3" section of woven hemp which appears to be poisonous. There are many poisonous snakes in Peru including the dangerous Bushmaster. Formerly in the collection of Justin and Barbara Kerr, acquired from Alan Lapiner in 1967.
Media: Textile
Dimensions: Length: 19 1/2" x Diameter: 1 1/2" tapering to 3/8"
$4,000
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Peru, Wari three dimensional coil woven snake dance wand

Shamans use dance wands hypnotize their attendants. This wand has 6 different patterns on its back and a solid brown underside. The tip has a 3" section of woven hemp which appears to be poisonous. There are many poisonous snakes in Peru including the dangerous Bushmaster. Formerly in the collection of Justin and Barbara Kerr, acquired from Alan Lapiner in 1967.

Media: Textile

Dimensions: Length: 19 1/2" x Diameter: 1 1/2" tapering to 3/8"

$4,000

n7016