Chimu Polychrome Textile Strap Fragment w/ Birds

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A beautiful textile strap fragment composed of tightly-woven cotton fibers in hues of crimson, fuchsia, jet-black, sunflower yellow, and wheat. The strap displays one partial and thirteen complete abstract birds with stocky beads, a singular discoid eye, and V-shaped bodies with triangular wings and tails. Each avian figure is separated by a trio of vertical stripes of either yellow-and-black or red-and-pink combinations. Mounted on a fabric-lined wooden frame. Size (textile): 37.2" L x 4.25" W (94.5 cm x 10.8 cm); size (frame): 46" L x 8.8" W (116.8 cm x 22.4 cm).

Provenance: private California, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, around 2005

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Condition Report: This is a fragment of a larger textile item. Light fraying and loosening to some interior and peripheral threads, with some fading and staining to original coloration, and light creasing. Colors and iconography are still visible and vivid.