Pre-Columbian Nazca Cross-Patterned Textile, Peru, 300-600 AD, Ex-Sotheby's

Complete Pre-Columbian Nazca textile with stepped zig-zag design in yellow, ochre red, and brown/black shades with yellow fringes.

Complete Nazca Unku in vibrant red with blue, green, yellow and white squares forming V design around the brown neck opening. The multicolor squares in stepped design make a diamond ...

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...

A fine vintage runner with boho chic American Southwestern Tribal Style, generously sized 6 ft. wide x 13 ft. long. Full of details and a bold expressive design combined with vibrant...