Chancay Chevron Textile Tunic with Spiral Border and FringePre-Columbian, Peru,...
Chancay Chevron Textile Tunic with Spiral Border and FringePre-Columbian, Peru, Central Coast, Chancay, ca. 1000–1250 CE. A complete woven tunic banded in bold chevrons of crimson, gold and tan-brown, the zigzags marching across the full width of the body. Below them run narrow horizontal registers, then a frieze of scrolling volutes set within triangular reserves, and finally a sawtooth border releasing a dense fringe of loose yarns. The garment is built of two loom panels joined along the center, the neck slit left open at the seam. Camelid and cotton yarns carry the dyework, the color blocks shaped by discontinuous wefts rather than by embroidery. Such shirts clothed the living and, more often, accompanied the dead in the sand-preserved cemeteries of the central coast, where textile was the currency of status. Size: 39.5" W x 17" H (100.3 cm W x 43.2 cm H).
The Chancay flourished in the valleys north of present-day Lima between roughly 1000 and 1470 CE, in the interval between the collapse of the Wari state and the Inca conquest. They are known above all as weavers: the arid coastal cemeteries of Ancon, Chancay and Huaura preserved their gauzes, painted cloths, openwork nets and slit-tapestry garments in extraordinary quantity, and textiles rather than metal or stone carried prestige in Andean society.
The scrolling volute set inside a triangle, seen along the lower border here, is a long-lived coastal motif usually read as a wave or a stylized marine form, appropriate to a people whose economy leaned on the Pacific. Chevron fields of this kind exploit the loom itself: the diagonal is the natural product of stepping colored wefts, and Andean weavers made a virtue of that geometry for centuries.
Provenance: Private Chicago collection, acquired from Robert Duff, FL.
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Item #73245A few minor losses and minor tatters, overall very good condition.
Chancay Chevron Textile Tunic with Spiral Border and FringePre-Columbian, Peru, Central Coast, Chancay, ca. 1000–1250 CE. A complete woven tunic banded in bold chevrons of crimson, gold and tan-brown, the zigzags marching across the full width of the body. Below them run narrow horizontal registers, then a frieze of scrolling volutes set within triangular reserves, and finally a sawtooth border releasing a dense fringe of loose yarns. The garment is built of two loom panels joined along the center, the neck slit left open at the seam. Camelid and cotton yarns carry the dyework, the color blocks shaped by discontinuous wefts rather than by embroidery. Such shirts clothed the living and, more often, accompanied the dead in the sand-preserved cemeteries of the central coast, where textile was the currency of status. Size: 39.5" W x 17" H (100.3 cm W x 43.2 cm H).
The Chancay flourished in the valleys north of present-day Lima between roughly 1000 and 1470 CE, in the interval between the collapse of the Wari state and the Inca conquest. They are known above all as weavers: the arid coastal cemeteries of Ancon, Chancay and Huaura preserved their gauzes, painted cloths, openwork nets and slit-tapestry garments in extraordinary quantity, and textiles rather than metal or stone carried prestige in Andean society.
The scrolling volute set inside a triangle, seen along the lower border here, is a long-lived coastal motif usually read as a wave or a stylized marine form, appropriate to a people whose economy leaned on the Pacific. Chevron fields of this kind exploit the loom itself: the diagonal is the natural product of stepping colored wefts, and Andean weavers made a virtue of that geometry for centuries.
Provenance: Private Chicago collection, acquired from Robert Duff, FL.
SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.).
PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception.
Item #73245A few minor losses and minor tatters, overall very good condition.
