Rare, beautiful Sican mounted ancient Peruvian textile
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Category: Pre-Columbian Art
Culture or Country: Lambayeque Valley Sican, Peru.
Period: Late Horizon, ca. 900-1300 A.D.
Size: 29 inches H. x 16 inches W.
Description: Very finely woven, multicolor rectangular panel fragment depicting a standing chief wearing a headdress and elaborately decorated poncho. Overall various intricate checkerboard, diamond and geometric patterns. Standing above a wide border with stylized birds and a lower fringe, all on a deep brown ground. Mounted on a black cloth backing over a wood stretcher. Several large areas of professional painted restoration, mostly on the left side of the headdress, face and left ear ornament. Loss to most of the upper portion of the deep brown ground, with general stable fraying to the ground. A very beautiful example in spite of the restoration.
Provenance: Ex. private NYC collection, acquired from Splendors of the World Gallery, Santa Fe., Ex- Arte Primitivo Gallery New York, NY
Culture or Country: Lambayeque Valley Sican, Peru.
Period: Late Horizon, ca. 900-1300 A.D.
Size: 29 inches H. x 16 inches W.
Description: Very finely woven, multicolor rectangular panel fragment depicting a standing chief wearing a headdress and elaborately decorated poncho. Overall various intricate checkerboard, diamond and geometric patterns. Standing above a wide border with stylized birds and a lower fringe, all on a deep brown ground. Mounted on a black cloth backing over a wood stretcher. Several large areas of professional painted restoration, mostly on the left side of the headdress, face and left ear ornament. Loss to most of the upper portion of the deep brown ground, with general stable fraying to the ground. A very beautiful example in spite of the restoration.
Provenance: Ex. private NYC collection, acquired from Splendors of the World Gallery, Santa Fe., Ex- Arte Primitivo Gallery New York, NY
Condition
Several large areas of professional painted restoration, mostly on the left side of the headdress, face and left ear ornament. Loss to most of the upper portion of the deep brown ground, with general stable fraying to the ground. A very beautiful example in spite of the restoration.
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Rare, beautiful Sican mounted ancient Peruvian textile
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