Amusing Huari Textile Sash w/ Colorful Faces
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**Originally Listed At $125**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. This eah-tone textile fragment is comprised of tightly-woven fibers in crimson, brown, lime, teal, gold, and fuchsia hues. The composition includes fourteen humorous simian-like faces with bulbous disc-shaped eyes, miniscule noses, and amicable smiles. The row of faces is outlined above and below by two thick red bands of fiber. Mounted on a fabric-lined cardboard backing. Size: 10.75" L x 1.25" W (27.3 cm x 3.2 cm).
Provenance: private Slavin collection, acquired in Peru and Bolivia from 1971 to 1972
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.
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#118716
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. This eah-tone textile fragment is comprised of tightly-woven fibers in crimson, brown, lime, teal, gold, and fuchsia hues. The composition includes fourteen humorous simian-like faces with bulbous disc-shaped eyes, miniscule noses, and amicable smiles. The row of faces is outlined above and below by two thick red bands of fiber. Mounted on a fabric-lined cardboard backing. Size: 10.75" L x 1.25" W (27.3 cm x 3.2 cm).
Provenance: private Slavin collection, acquired in Peru and Bolivia from 1971 to 1972
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.
#118716
Condition
Expected frayin and minor losses to peripheries, minor staining and pigmentation loss, else intact.
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Amusing Huari Textile Sash w/ Colorful Faces
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