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CHANCAY TEXTILE FRAGMENT<br />

Possibly part of a tunic in slit tapestry weave in<br />

camelid wool in shaded red, brown and cream<br />

with a bold pattern of zigzags with the lower<br />

border with diagonal bands of stylized birds,<br />

alternating in color, and framed by stepped curl<br />

motifs, the wide fringe with zoomorphic fi gures.<br />

94 x 63 cm<br />

Cf. Chancay, pl. 125<br />

€ 1 600 – 1 800<br />

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CHANCAY TEXTILE FRAGMENT<br />

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

Woven in camelid wool in tomato red, ocher, tan<br />

and dark brown with fi ve stepped lozenges, each<br />

enclosing a helmeted warrior with arms upraised<br />

within interlocking stylized bird heads with large<br />

staring eyes.<br />

79 x 25.5 cm<br />

€ 400 – 600<br />

76<br />

75<br />

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