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PRECOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz

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52<br />

*68<br />

CHIMU TEXTILE PANEL<br />

Ca. A. D. 900-1300<br />

With a bold design of two rows of six standing<br />

warriors each with arms raised in alternating<br />

colors, wearing a tall headdress and tunic decorated<br />

with a small bird, scattered birds in the fi eld,<br />

woven in camelid wool in dark blue, ocher, olive<br />

green, claret red, russet brown and white.<br />

67.2 x 53 cm<br />

Cf. Chimu, pl. 250<br />

€ 1 200 – 1 800<br />

*69<br />

CHANCAY TEXTILE BORDER<br />

Ca. A. D. 1100-1300<br />

The fragment woven in natural cotton and<br />

camelid wool with two warriors with legs bent in<br />

angular fashion and wearing helmets, framed by<br />

a band of zoomorphic motifs with a long fringe<br />

below, in saff ron yellow, pink, tan and shades of<br />

green.<br />

32 x 28 cm<br />

€ 450 – 650<br />

68<br />

69

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