A Tunic (Unku) in Inca Style, Highlands, Peru, Late Horizon, 1450-1550 CE

A Tunic (Unku) in Inca Style, Highlands, Peru, Late Horizon, 1450-1550 CE

Imperial Inca

Multicolored camelid fiber in plain weave weft face with interlocked tapestry and eccentric wefts, overcasting stitch and cross-knit loop stitch and zigzag embroidery (lower border).

81 x 62 cm

For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 231, p. 279 ( 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. 279

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