Pair of Chancay Textile Fragments

**First Time At Auction**

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 to 1300 CE. Two fragmentary textiles comprised of tightly-woven natural fibers in hue of coffee, cream, caramel, and wheat. First is a lengthy coffee-and-cream textile with a decorative register of abstract geometric forms depicting what appears to be shamanic in nature; a pair of conjoined avian figures flanks either elongated diagonal arm of the central form. Second is a huge wheat-hued textile exhibiting dozens of simplistic pelican forms with petite bodies and stretched necks, with smaller, upside-down avian figures filling in the spaces in-between. The top and bottom borders display an undulating pattern. A fantastic and expressive ensemble! Size of largest (pelican textile): 18.5" L (47 cm).

Provenance: private Leonard collection, Falls Church, Virginia, USA, acquired before 1979

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Condition Report: Both textiles have expected age-commensurate surface wear, fraying and small losses to peripheries and interior details, light staining and discoloration, otherwise very good.