Unique Coastal Wari Culture Painted Star Pattern Textile. Perhaps a coca cloth and/or a platform for sacred ceremony showing 30 eight-point stars, generally thought to be depictions of Venus, painted using a dye resist technique. Possibly calendrical with the star motif differentiated in each rendition. Note lack of diagonal color orientation, a hallmark of later coastal textile design. Size: 33.5'' x 31'', 85 x 79 cm (textile); 35'' x 32'', 89 x 81 cm (stretcher). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

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