Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1300 CE. A large textile weaver's basket of woven reeds reinforced along the open sides with a polychrome textile. Within the basket is an array of weaving tools, including four sticks with attached spindle whorls; six carved wooden needles with pointed tips; one stick with a recessed hole on one end for spool stabilization; eight wooden spools with natural cotton fibers of varying colors; one copper spoon scoop with a folded terminal; two X-shaped polychrome spools; eight sticks with attached wooden cylinders; and six loose bunches of dyed wool in yellow, tan, beige, blue, and red hues. Size (basket): 6" L x 12" W x 3.5" H (15.2 cm x 30.5 cm x 8.9 cm); size of largest item (stick w/ cylinder): 6.75" L (17.1 cm).

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private H. J. Westermann collection, Germany

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Some fraying and tangling to textile bunches and spools. Basket has small nicks to peripheries, some bending to body and lid, and some fading and fraying to textile lid border. Some sticks have small losses to tips, light staining, and minor abrasions. Light earthen deposits throughout.