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CHANCAY TEXTILE EFFIGY <strong>OF</strong> A WOMAN<br />

CENTRAL COAST<br />

Ca. A. D. 1300-1532<br />

The reed superstructure with an oversized head with facial features<br />

painted in brown, orange and grey with long brown wool as hair,<br />

wearing assorted garments woven in wool and cotton.<br />

Length 46 cm<br />

Cf. Lapiner, pl. 678, for the general type<br />

€ 700 – 1 000<br />

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CHANCAY PAINTED TEXTILE<br />

Ca. A. D. 1300-1500<br />

Woven in cotton and painted in orange, white, teal blue and shades<br />

of brown, with eleven vertical registers of squares enclosing stylized<br />

human heads alternating with zoomorphic motifs including stylized<br />

felines, stingrays and interlocked birds, interspersed with geometric<br />

motifs.<br />

94 x 27 cm<br />

€ 700 – 900

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