A Long Band with Frontal Figures and Birds, North Coast, Peru, Late Horizon, 1350-1530 CE

A Long Band with Frontal Figures and Birds, North Coast, Peru, Late Horizon, 1350-1530 CE

Chimu, Toothed-Crescent Headdress Style

Cotton and multicolored camelid fiber in slit tapestry, elaborate tassels with embroidery (chained and stem stitches).

6 x 211 cm

For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 113, p. 160 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/weaving_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)
Provenance: Exibited at "Haifa Museum of Art" (according to the literature)Acquired by the Maiman Group in 1988. Estate of Yossef Maiman.

Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Weaving for the Afterlife - Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 160

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