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Style: Pre-Columbian
Framed Pre-Columbian Woven Textile from Chancay Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique pre-Columbia textile panel from Chancay culture in Central coast of nowadays Peru. Chancay culture thrived in the late Intermediate period/ late Horizon circa AD. 1000-1470. The panel appears to be an intact shawl or head scarf, indicated by the overall integrity with the finished edges. It is a gauze-like linen/cotton open-square woven panel with supplemental embroidered horizontal bands that alternate between hooked diamond motifs and silhouettes of perched seabirds, one of the most favored animal forms in Chancay art. The color is quite vibrant with red contrasted by two shades of yellow on a darker brown background. The scarf such as this is thought to be associated with ceremonies and magic realm of death and burial practice. The textile is displayed on a dark line background under a newly made acrylic shadow box. Reference: For reading on the bird motifs in Chancay textile art, see page 141-183 of the book "Ancient...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Decorative Art

Materials

Textile, Linen

Two Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment Chancay Culture Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two framed pre-Columbian textile fragments from Chancay culture (1000AD-1470AD) in nowadays Peru. Both panels are of a similar red background and possibly wove...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Decorative Art

Materials

Textile, Wood

Two Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragments Inca Culture Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two pre-Columbian textile fragments presented in wood frames. Handwoven in colored yarn, possibly camelid fibers, these pieces were from Inca period circa 15-16th century. One panel is a classic Inca weave that was likely part of a mantle or cape. It has a multi-panel design with eight-point stars alternating with stylized animal and homomorphic figures, steps-design and abstract scrolling patterns. The second one features a multiple stripe design also with eight-point star and a mysterious figure sandwiched between stripes of geometrical patterns and plain borders. Presenting in a thin gilt wood and a carved dark wood frame...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Decorative Art

Materials

Textile, Wood

Collection of Three Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment Bird Motifs Chimu Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely collection of three framed pre-Columbian textile fragment form Chimu culture (900AD-1470AD) in nowadays Peru circa 13-15th century. The three panels appear to be woven from ...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Decorative Art

Materials

Textile, Wood

Large Framed Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Textile Fragment Chancay Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fragment of antique Peruvian textile from Pre-Columbia era, nicely displayed in a matted metal frame. Likely from Chancay culture in Centra...
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16th Century Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Decorative Art

Materials

Cotton, Linen

Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A nicely framed fragment of antique Pre-Columbian textile that depicts a stylized figure in a geometrical background. Linen backing. The original is l...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Decorative Art

Materials

Cotton

Masterpiece Complete Chimu Shirt with Feathered Motif
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
An intact shirt with motif of rows of feathers in several shades of mustard yellow on a red ground, depicted as they would have been attached in rows in an actual feather textile.
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Decorative Art

Materials

Textile

Dazzling Vintage Turkish Kilim Throw Piece
Located in New York, NY
Colorful mid-20th century Turkish flat-weave Kilim with prayer motif. Measures: 2'11" x 4'6".
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20th Century Turkish Pre-Columbian Decorative Art

Materials

Wool

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