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Handwoven Chancay Textile Fragment
Handwoven Chancay Textile Fragment
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Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay, ca. 1300 to 1450 CE A very large and carefully made gauze textile panel comprised of cotton threads of tawny almond and creamy beige hues, woven and knotted (somewhat akin to tatting) into a repeated pattern featuring registers set on a diagonal and featuring stepped as well as dotted diamond motifs. The textiles of Peru demonstrate immense artistic and technical developments achieved by the Andean civilizations. Size: 43" L x 40" W (109.2 cm x 101.6 cm)

Provenance: private Ventura County, California, USA collection

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Condition
Several old repairs and losses as shown.
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Handwoven Chancay Textile Fragment

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