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Place of Origin: Peruvian
Decorative gemstone Laundry Clip - SERPENTINE GREEN
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Decorative clip in green serpentine stone, handcrafted in Peru. Add a touch of natural decorative stone to your home.
D.A.R. Proyectos carves the vibrant green Andean Serpentine sto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone, Serpentine
Tic Tac Toe Gemstone Puzzle Game
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Give a stylish twist to the classic game with our natural stone tic-tac-toe.
The Andean Tic Tac Toe by DAR Proyectos is an elegant twist on the classic game, making for an attractiv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone
$99 / item
Gemstone faceted taper candle candelabra – black onyx
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Decorate with presence: faceted black onyx brings elegance and depth to your ambiance.
Our faceted taper candle holder pays homage to the natural rock formation of the remote Andean...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Soapstone
$38 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pre-Columbian Chimu Avian vessel ancient south America Circa 10 -15th century AD
Located in London, GB
A very cute small grey ware vessel of a bird transforming into a squirrel type creature with hands held in front, highlighting the principle of duality often depicted in the pre Columbian art
Pre-Columbian Chimu vessel...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Meditative smile incense holder – black onyx stone
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
The "Smile" design in black onyx turns your space into a haven.
Create a sacred space with this slow rocking of the curved incense holder, handcarved with stone carpentry techniques...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Onyx
Gemstone sphere incense holder - celestina
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Add a mystical touch to your home with this authentic celestine incense stand.
Your favorite incense is grounded within the smooth sphere of Peruvian Angelite stone, hand-carved wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Vintage Andean Peruvian Fine Large Manta Cloth South American Textiles Decor
Located in London, GB
Vintage Andean Peruvian Manta Cloth South American Vintage Textiles.
A very fine Vintage Manta cloth from the High Andes region of Peru Woven in came-lid fibre (Llama wool )beautiful...
Category
1960s Vintage Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pre Columbian Rare Moche Warrior Vessel South Latin American Antiques Art
Located in London, GB
Pre-Columbian Moche Warrior Vessel – Moche V Period, 600–700 AD, Peru
A striking and rare example of Moche ceramic artistry, this Pre-Columbian greyware warrior vessel dates from th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Pre Columbian Large Inca Early Colonial period Wood Kero South American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Large Pre Columbian INCA / Early Colonial period Wood Kero
A superb Large Inca Kero cup profusely carved in the mosaic style with a image of the Inca or...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pre Columbian Inca Early Colonial period Wood Kero South American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian INCA / Early Colonial period Wood Kero
A superb Inca Kero carved and painted in a mosaic style with Avian floral and animal designs
Height...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Peruvian Retablo from the Evelyn Ackerman Estate
By Evelyn Ackerman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Peruvian retablo purchased from the Evelyn Ackerman estate. This colorful piece features two hinged doors with floral paintings. The interior showcases small ceramic figurines in wha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Ceramic
Brick Puzzle Phone Stand Holder - Serpentine Green
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Add playfulness to your desk with this serpentine puzzle phone base. Stone with attitude.
We’ve brought a playful classic to the desktop. As we perfect the video call, we've realized just what we wanted in a phone stand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone
early 20th Century Set of Four Peruvian Carved Gourds
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of four antique carved gourds from Peru, three little ones with silver settings and decorations and a large carved gourd.
A Gourd is a crop plant in...
Category
Early 20th Century Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Monumental 7' x 8' Modern Abstract Oil Painting On Canvas by Simeon Gonzales
By Mario Gonzales
Located in Buffalo, NY
Simeon Gonzales is a contemporary abstract artist born in Cusco, Peru in 1973. His Inka heritage is very present in his works, which are a celebration of bright and strong colors. Go...
Category
1990s Mid-Century Modern Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Gemstone sphere incense holder - Rhodonite pink
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Give heartfelt energy: pink rhodonite incense holder full of meaning and emotional value.
Create a sacred space with this pink rhodonite incense holder, hand-carved with stone carpe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Burr 3D gemstone puzzle Angelite
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
3D Angelite puzzle: an artisanal piece blending challenge and decor with positive energy.
The burr puzzle is of mysterious origin, first seen engraved on the cover of Chambers's Cyc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$185 / item
Peru Pre Inca 100-700 Ad Moche Pre Columbian Personified Vessel in Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
Rare pre Hispanic Moche culture, pre-Inca earthenware vessel.
A beautiful interesting piece, created in the southern Peru region around the 100-700 AD by the Moche culture. This rare early period...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
$1,645 Sale Price
30% Off
Pre-Columbian Chimu Avian vessel ancient south America Circa 10 -15th century AD
Located in London, GB
A Pre Columbian Chimu grey ware bottle type vessel of a armadillo emerging from a pumpkin or gourd with a small baby armadillo on the upper side under the spout and a plaited stirrup...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Pre Columbian Rare Lambayeque Wood Figure
Located in London, GB
Pre columbian Lamabayeque wood figure Peru Circa 750 to 1375 AD
A rare standing figure of a deity with triangular tear drop shaped eyes holding a child,
Carved in very dense heavy hard wood
Measures: Height 14 inches, 36 cm weight, 1.5 kg approx
Ex collection of a Oxford Academic, reputed to have came from Pit rivers...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Peru Pre-Inca 900 / 1470 AD Chimu Pre Columbian Vessel In Earthenware Pottery
Located in Miami, FL
A pre-Inca Chimu culture, pre Columbian vase in earth ware.
This beautiful little vessel vase, was created in the northern Peruvian region by the Chimu culture between the 900 / 1...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
$416 Sale Price
30% Off
Gemstone faceted taper candle candelabra – creamy stone
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Add ecological character: faceted soapstone candelabra merging nature and modern design.
Our faceted taper candle holder pays homage to the natural rock formation of the remote Ande...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Soapstone
Gemstone Brick Phonestand - Creamy Soapstone
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Your desk, with soul: creamy soapstone phone base combining utility and organic style.
We’ve brought a playful classic to the desktop. As we perfect the video call, we've realized just what we wanted in a phone stand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone
$145 / item
Rare Pre-Columbian Inca Silver Mask with Gold Sequins
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A rare, sheet silver human face mask with simple relief facial features including large, almond shaped eyes and downturned mouth. Classic stepped pyramid headdress with round, very t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Gemstone sphere incense holder - Onyx Crema
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
Create a serene mood: elegant cream onyx design for your aromatherapy rituals.
Create a sacred space with this creamy onyx incense holder, hand-carved with stone carpentry technique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Moche Copper Bronze Mask
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large coper mask of a dignitary with almond shaped, inset shell eyes with pupils and a wide brim type crown. Attached at the brow line, a row of danglers is suspended, aligning the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Copper
$18,750
GORGEOUS! Incan Kero Qiru Museum Quality! Finest in world. 15th 16th Century
By Pre-Columbian
Located in Peoria, AZ
Incan Kero
Tumbler-shaped drinking vessel
Period: 15th 16th Century
Region: Peru
Material: Wood
Polychroming
Finest in the world!
Museum quality!
Keros were used in Peru to consum...
Category
16th Century Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel South American art
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Chorrera swimmer Vessel
Chorrera Culture Circa BC 800-400 Ecuador.
A rectangular vessel surmounted by a recumbent personage in swimming pose with coffee bean eyes h...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Prehistoric South American Moche Red Ware Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Moche Red Ware pottery vessel with copulating motif. Horizon of Peru, Circa 450 - 550 CE. 9” x 5” x 7 ½”. Ex. Hank Johnson Collection. Hank Johnson was a geologist, and passionate collector of historical and ancient artifacts. Starting with relics and bottles from ghost towns, he later focused on Anasazi pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Framed Pre-Colombian Peruvian Textile, 900 to 1470 AD
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Peruvian Pre-Colombian (Chancay) textile panel of camelid wool embroidered on cotton with three birds, each holding a lizard in its beak.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Peruvian Folk Art Framed Negreria Dance Cape
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce framed fragment of "Negreria" dance cape, circa 1940s, Huayucachi, Junin, Peru.
Dating to the mid-20th century, the rare large size South ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Sequins
South American antique earthenware pots/simple vessels/Wabisabi earthenware
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is thought to be excavated earthenware from around the 15th to 19th century.
Judging from the soil, texture of the surface, and shape, it seems to have been made in South America....
Category
17th Century Other Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Abstract Geometric Checkerboard Pre-Columbian Early Nazca Textile - 100-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Bold color and dramatic design make this style a favorite among collectors of modern art. Excellent condition. Several minor holes are effectively backed with a compatible color, and...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Rare Gold Veraguas/Diquis Supernatural Drummer Pink Tourmaline
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Natural pink tourmaline necklace (167 gms) with rare gold Veraguas/Diquis supernatural drummer. Very fine example of ancient, Precolumbian goldwork form Central America, either Costa Rica or Panama. 111 grams of blush pink gold made with “lost wax” technique. The music he plays is not for entertainment, but rather to create magic, casting a spell or summoning other supernatural beings. Healing was the most important function of shamans, both the mortal and the immortal kind. Such a magical pendant...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Pre-Columbian Chancay Painted Textile - Brown Fishes and Dots On Vertical Bands
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chancay Painted Textile with Brown Fishes and Dots On Vertical Bands. Even though the piece is incomplete, the powerful design resembles an abstract modern painting by Henry Matisse...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Pre-Columbian Inca Mantle with 16 Figures, Peru, 1476-1534 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Inca Mantle with 16 figures in cubist form with multi-color fringes.
This pieces with a Certificat de Bien Culturel from France.
For the Incas finely worked and highly decorativ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Peru Inca 1200 AD Lambayeque Pre-Columbian Blackware Ceramic Vase with Warrior
Located in Miami, FL
An Inca Peru pre-hispanic black ware huaco vessel, from Lambayeque.
Beautiful piece, created under the Inca culture between the 750 / 1375 AD at the Sican...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
$1,225 Sale Price
30% Off
South American Cowhide & Leather Trunk
Located in Queens, NY
South American Colonial (Peruvian 19th Cent) cowhide and leather floor trunk (Bataca) with a geometric strap design.
Category
19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Cowhide, Leather
Pre Columbian Inca double chambered whistle vessel South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Inca double chambered whistle Vessel Circa 15- 16th Century Ad
A fine Inca greyware vessel double chambered with a bird whistle on ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Pre-Columbian Nazca Unku with Stepped “V” Design, Peru, 200-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
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 ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Peru Pre-Inca 1270 AD Chimor Pre Columbian Double Face Vessel In Earthware
Located in Miami, FL
Pre Hispanic earth ware vessel from the pre-Inca Chimu culture.
Beautiful ancient vessel, created in northern coast of Peru around the 900 / 1470 AD. by the Chimu culture. This is...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
$1,225 Sale Price
30% Off
Rare Pre-Columbian Moche Portrait Vessel – Musician Latin American Art
Located in London, GB
Rare Pre-Columbian Moche Portrait Vessel – Musician with Panpipes – Peru, 700–900 AD
An exceptional and highly unusual Pre-Columbian Moche greyware portrait vessel, depicting a diminutive rotund personage playing panpipes. This rare sculptural ceramic, dating to the Moche IV period (circa 700–900 AD), features expressive detailing including a crown-style headdress, flowing hair, and an axe carried at the side—suggesting both ceremonial and symbolic importance.
Culture: Moche Civilization, Northern Peru
Period: Moche IV, circa 700–900 AD
Region: Pre-Columbian South America
Material: Greyware ceramic
Subject: Dwarf figure playing panpipes, wearing a headdress and carrying an axe
Condition: Two prongs of the headdress have been professionally restored; part of the panpipes is lost otherwise intact and well preserved
Provenance: From the Romy Rey Collection, UK – acquired before 1960
Additional Detail: Retains an old collection label on the base
Cultural Context:
The Moche culture, predating the Inca Empire, is renowned for its lifelike portrait vessels and ceremonial ceramics. This figure, possibly representing a ritual performer or symbolic character, reflects the Moche’s complex social structure, musical traditions, and representation of marginalized figures with spiritual or narrative roles.
This rare South American artifact is a compelling addition for collectors of Pre-Columbian art, Moche pottery...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Antique South American Spanish Colonial Folk Art Santos Figure
Located in London, GB
Antique South American Spanish Colonial Poly chrome Folk Art Santos figure The finely sculptured hard wood figure standing with a cross and bible on a pedestal base, painted in p...
Category
18th Century Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Antique Spanish Colonial Folk Art Santos Figure folk art sculpture
Located in London, GB
Antique Spanish Colonial Poly chrome Folk Art Santos figure probably Philippines The finely sculptured large hard wood figure standing on a pedestal base, painted in polychrome col...
Category
18th Century Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Peruvian Cuzco Colonial Painting St Michael Oil on Canvas 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century full length portrait of St Michael standing with his sword raised.
South American Cuzco school 19th century and earlier.
Unsigned
Oil on canvas, 56 by 78cms. Fram...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Paint
$912 Sale Price
30% Off
Magnificent Chimu Precolumbian Tapestry with 21 Multicolor Royal Attendants
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete and magnificent Chimu Pre-Columbian Tapestry with 21 multicolor Royal attendants and fringe. No restoration, professionally cleaned. Overal...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Tapestry
Pre-Columbian Chimu Gold Mask With Scar
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large sheet gold mask depicting a stylized human face having an individually fashioned and applied nose. Large low relief repousse eyes and rectangular mou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Gold
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Inca Stone Canopa
A Inca stone Llama Canopa in dark basalt stone
Finely and realistically carved with old worn aged patina,
The Canopa is used to venerate the Pacha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Pre-Columbian Nazca Stepped Textile Poncho, Nazca Peru, 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Nazca Tunic/Poncho of stepped design and fringe in yellow ocher, burgundy and brown. Perfect condition, museum quality.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
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.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Lambayeque Textile Ceremonial Panel
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive pre-columbian Lambayeque textile ceremonial panel. Lambayeque, Peru. Mint condition. Museum piece. Ex. Sotheby’s, New York.
The Lambayeque civilization (aka Sicán) flou...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Abstract Paracas Precolumbian Textile, Peru, 1100-1400 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones pre-Columbian textile fragment with abstract embroidered figures. 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...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Crust N°2 by Estudio Rafael Freyre
Located in Geneve, CH
Crust N°2 by Estudio Rafael Freyre
Dimensions: W 34 x D 34 x H 49 cm
Materials: Diverse recycled amazon timber
Crust is part of the concept of skin that covers mineral and veget...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$5,665 / item
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif
Located in London, GB
Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Stirrup Vessel – Sea Plant or Fungi Motif – 12th–14th Century AD, Peru
An intriguing and rare Chimu stirrup vessel from Pre-Columbian Peru, dating to the 12...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Pre-Columbian Chancay Coca Leaf Bag with Shamans and Zoomorphic Figures, Peru
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Brown Chancay coca bag with shamans and zoomorphic figures depicted in the centre on a in various colors on a red background.
This piece is accompanied by ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Meditative Smile gemstone incense holder - onyx crema
Located in Pacasmayo, PE
"Smile" incense holder in cream onyx: curved design bringing natural warmth.
Create a sacred space with this slow rocking of the curved incense holder, handcarved with stone carpent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Onyx
Pre-Columbian Chancay Gauze Panel with Figures, Ex-Kate Kemper Estate
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A large, rectangular panel composed of a large diamond pattern grid, each grid contains a stylized human figure with arms raised. A few very minor imperfections, overall excellent condition. Backed and stretched on a brown linen, it has been stabilized and sealed in a very thick and rigid plexiglass. Estate of Miss Kate Kemper, London.
Kate Kemper, of London and Switzerland (1908-2004) was an early collector of Andean art, forming an important collection of ceramics and textiles after...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Peru Folk Art Pottery Clay Wicker Zoomorphic Bird Quinua Harvest Vase Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and exceptional vintage Peruvian folk art pottery harvest vase.
Hand-crafted in Peru, most likely Ayacucho region / Quinua, the South American primitive executed in distinct...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Pottery, Terracotta, Wicker
Pre Columbian Lambayeque Stirrup whistle Vessel South Latin American Antiques
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Sican Lambayeque Stirrup whistle Vessel
A most interesting stirrup whistle vessel of a man seated on top of a raft of storage vessel, ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Vintage South American Hand-woven Textile Panel in Green, Blue, Red, Black
Located in Barrington, IL
Exploring the brilliant artistry of South American weaving with this captivating Vintage Hand-Woven Textile Panel. This exceptional piece features a striking banded stripes pattern, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Peruvian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$630 Sale Price
21% Off
Pre-Columbian Warrior Banner, Chimu, Peru, circa 1100-1476 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Pre-Columbian ornamental banner with fringes composed of warriors/divinities holding figures in their hands, surrounded by geometric frets. Two-headed birds in alternating colors decorate the top and bottom of the banner. This one-of-a-kind tapestry has preserved its vibrant original colors and fibres. Professionally cleaned.
Provenance: Private European Collection
Textiles from elite Chimu tombs include elaborate gauzes, embroidery, painted plain weave and tapestry, and three-dimensional fibre sculptures. Among others, shades of yellow and brown, scarlet, white, lavender-blue and olive green were the colors used. Birds and a deity wearing a crescent-like headdress have been the most popular decorative motifs.
Many Chimu textiles...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Peruvian Folk Art
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