Chancay Culture 1000-1470
Painted Textile, circa 1100–1400 AD
Pigment on cotton.
139.7 × 287 cm
55 × 113 in
55 × 113 in
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Two cotton panels sewn together, painted in shades of yellow-gold, black, and sienna-brown. Depict abstract human heads wearing a headdress of a ceremonial blade (tumi) and snakes, surmounted by two-headed...
Two cotton panels sewn together, painted in shades of yellow-gold, black, and sienna-brown. Depict abstract human heads wearing a headdress of a ceremonial blade (tumi) and snakes, surmounted by two-headed snakes, flanked by felines. The lower half with segmented plants or insects (centipedes). In fair condition, mounted to linen and stretcher bars, numerous losses especially along edges, losses throughout.
Publications
Juan Manuel Ugarte Elespuru, Las Telas Pintadas Precolombinas de la Costa Peruana, 1995.
James W. Reid, The Lee M. Elman Collection of Peruvian Pre-Columbian Textiles, Editorial Ausonia, Lima, 2007, pp. 27–28.
James W. Reid, Pre-Columbian Peruvian Textiles: The First Modern Art, Industria Textil Piura, 2008.