Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A pair of well-preserved slit tapestry woven panels, made of dyed camelid wool (alpaca or llama), featuring anthropomorphic figures. The right panel is an ochre-beige ground with the stylized person standing boldly in the center: peaked headdress, with arms outstretched holding a pan flute, the garment hem contains an interlocking spiral motif. All woven in purple, pink, red, white, and dark brown. The left panel is nearly identical with some inversing to coloration, and the figure stands on a crimson ground. Slit tapestry uses discontinuous weft yarns, the weaver interlaces each colored weft thread back and forth in its own small pattern area and then packs the colored weft threads down so tightly that they completely conceal the undyed, vertical warps, making the piece reversible! The textiles are mounted on modern cotton within a glass and wood frame. Size of textiles: 5.75" L x 6.25" W (14.6 cm x 15.9 cm); frame: 18.65" L x 12.65" W (47.4 cm x 32.1 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private East Coast, USA collection, acquired in 1993; ex-Sotheby's, New York, USA, November 22, 1993, lot 186; ex-Mr. and Mrs. Allen Alperton, Westchester and San Francisco

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  • Condition: Minor separation between figures and ground, otherwise overall excellent. Some fraying to fibers and fading. Professionally framed and mounted under glass.

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