Chancay colourful textile with interlocking seabirds, zoomorphs and wave motives - Peru - Textile

Pre-Columbian - Chancay culture
Central desert coastal area - Peru

Large fragment of a very colourful Chancay textile, probably part of a poncho.
Beautifully decorated with interlocking seabirds, zoomorphs and wave motives.
From the wrappings of a mummy funeral bundle.

Loseley attached to a green cotton backing.

Time period: Ca. 900 - 1200 AD
Dimensions: 60 x 32 cm for the textile only

Provenance: purchased in the Netherlands in 2005.

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