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Extremely detailed yellow embroidered Pre-Columbian textile fragment with hints of red from the Chancay culture in Peru. This piece is framed in a black shadowbox.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a Pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts -- so the existence of these pieces after hundreds and thousands of years is exceptional. These textiles maintain their vibrant colors, natural threads, and their unique, historical designs.
Provenance: This textile comes from the collection Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart and former collection of the archaeologist Ferdinand Anton, Germany, incorporated between 1950 and 1965.
Ferdinand Anton was born in 1929 in Munich, Germany. He made a living by writing richly illustrated books about the art objects and religious rituals of Pre-Columbian cultures: the Aztecs, the Maya, and Andean peoples of South America.
He was an explorer who flew to South America and Mexico, and hiked to remote shrines where few Westerners had set foot. He wrote more than forty books.
Dimensions: D 7 x 5.25 in / with frame 11 x 14 x 2.5 in.
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
- Style:Pre-Columbian (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Textile,Hand-Woven
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1100-1400 AD
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:San Pedro Garza Garcia, MX
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