Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu & Chancay culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. This a fine group of 3 well-preserved textile panels from Andean cultures, handwoven from camelid wool, probably alpaca, and cotton fibers. All are professionally mounted in frames under glass. The largest is an abstract Chimu bird panel and a nice example of openwork and slit-tapestry weaving technique, which creates small slits to outline the bodies and other motifs from the red ground. The Chancay brown textile is a looser weave with abstract registers of animals and spirals. The other Chancay textile has red and purple squares with a feline in profile. Size of largest textile: 16.5" L x 6.75" W (41.9 cm x 17.1 cm); frame: 22" L x 10" W (55.9 cm x 25.4 cm)

Provenance: private Parker, Colorado, USA collection, acquired from Artemis Gallery in 2020; ex-private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s.

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  • Condition: All are fragments of larger textiles and not examined outside of frames. Each has fraying and loosening to some interior and peripheral fibers, with light fading and staining to original coloration, and minor creasing. The brown textile has a tear and hole as shown. Motifs are well preserved, and colors are still vibrant. Framed in modern times under glass.

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