Chimu Textile Panel Abstract Fish Motifs
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**Originally Listed At $350**
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A large fragment of a textile panel, perhaps once part of a tunic shirt woven from beige cotton with brown and black supplementary embroidery of camelid wool from alpaca or llama. The motifs above the tassel hem consist of an open-weave stepped pattern, solid band, and a register of highly stylized creatures, perhaps fish with fin like tails and curvilinear limbs. Size: 27" L x 14" W (68.6 cm x 35.6 cm)
Provenance: private Plano, Texas, USA collection, inherited from father in the 1990's
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#171936
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A large fragment of a textile panel, perhaps once part of a tunic shirt woven from beige cotton with brown and black supplementary embroidery of camelid wool from alpaca or llama. The motifs above the tassel hem consist of an open-weave stepped pattern, solid band, and a register of highly stylized creatures, perhaps fish with fin like tails and curvilinear limbs. Size: 27" L x 14" W (68.6 cm x 35.6 cm)
Provenance: private Plano, Texas, USA collection, inherited from father in the 1990's
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#171936
Condition
Perforations and tearing to peripheries and center of weaving as shown. Fraying and pulled threads. Staining and discoloration. Nice preservation to embroidered and openwork weave registers and tassels.
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Chimu Textile Panel Abstract Fish Motifs
Estimate $300 - $450
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