52 Gauze panel with humanoids, seabirds and geometric figures in beige, burgundy and brown. 102x86cm. Pre-columbian thinly woven Chancay artwork textile tapestry. Tapestry is held together on a canvas sheet that can be removed from the artwork.
Many of the pieces had been collected through the years by grandfather and by my great grandfather Engr. Julio Rivadeneyra who lived in northern Peru central coast near Chiclayo. They have been privately purchased and/or gifted by family members who loved collecting like his cousin, Carlos Williams Leon who was a Peruvian architect and archeologist. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Williams_Le%C3%B3n
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Based on the images, this item is:
A beautiful woven head-cloth made with panels of gauze weave joined in with humanoids, seabirds and geometric figures (102x86 cm). Repeating embroidered outlining creates designs consisting of two figures in diagonals. Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE
The added embroidered outlines follow around the figures; cotton warp and weft threads, highly over-twisted.
Very good condition.
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