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**Originally Listed At $250**

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari), & Nazca cultures, ca. 500 to 1350 CE. A lovely ensemble of polychrome textile fragments, woven from cotton or camelid (alpaca) fibers, from a variety of pre-Columbian cultures. The two brightest are Nazca, with their characteristic artwork: one depicting a jaguar below several birds inside a stepped pyramid motif, one depicting a more abstract, godlike figure whose eyes are visible around a waterfall-like nose. One other is also Nazca, the one depicting abstract anthropomorphic black-outlined figures on the lower left (facing). The other two are from the Huari culture, one composed of geometric crosses and interlocking stepped motifs (top), the other (lower right facing) with godlike figures inside of diamond borders, surrounded by birds. Size of frame: Size: 23.15" W x 25.5" H (58.8 cm x 64.8 cm)

Provenance: Estate of R. Pearson, Denver, Colorado, USA; Mr. Pearson collected from the third quarter of the 20th century until he passed away.

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  • Condition: All items are fragments of larger textiles. All items have loosening to fibers, wear around peripheries, fading to fiber colors, and areas of loss. They have not been examined outside of the frame. Interior frame backing has some light staining.

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