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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fine woven textile panel fragment boasting hues of scarlet, ochre, burgundy, brown, and pink and displaying a lovely horizontal register of 9 birds. Shown in profile, each of the birds stands upon straight legs with delineated toes and displays a humped back, a curled tail, and a slender neck. Their bulbous heads feature pointed beaks and annular eyes. The avian motif is flanked by a pair of horizontal bands of a step pyramid-like design. Size of textile: 19.5" L x 4.125" W (49.5 cm x 10.5 cm); Size of frame: 24.625" L x 13" W (62.5 cm x 33 cm)

Provenance: ex-Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired in 2008; ex-Haig's of Rochester, Rochester, Michigan, USA

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#163911

Has not been examined outside of frame. Fragment of a larger piece. Fraying and tearing to peripheries, as well as some perforations to body. Otherwise, very nice with impressive remaining pigments. Fit with a modern glass and wood frame with a suspension wire on the verso.