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THBFine Sihuas Textile Tunic w/ Abstract Anthropomorphs
Lot 140
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Around the world & back in time - be amazed at the treasures you will find. Antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine Art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Sihuas Valley culture, ca. 500 BCE to 700 CE. A gorgeous tunic of a broad form that is tightly woven from camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in earthy hues of brown, tan, citrine, and wheat. The rectangular tunic body is filled with large linear motifs that zigzag across the midsection, flow down the arms and sides, and create mirrored pyramids on the shoulders, and when seen together form two abstract, inverted anthropomorphs with red rectangular heads. The middles of the front and back peripheries are adorned with polychrome 'hair' tassels that would have given the figures a coiffure that covered the genitalia and intergluteal cleft of the wearer. A thin neck slit is situated across the middle of the tunic body and would have been the only area connecting the garment to the wearer. Mounted atop a museum-quality display fabric. Size (textile): 60" L x 31.125" W (152.4 cm x 79.1 cm); (display fabric): 75.75" L x 55.125" W (192.4 cm x 140 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected in the 1950s to 1960s
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#150884Tunic body is sewn atop a modern brown-hued fabric panel for presentation and continuity. Losses to some interior and peripheral areas as shown. Fraying and loosening to some interior and peripheral fibers as well as front and back tassels, with light fading and staining to areas of original color, and minor creasing. Nice traces of original coloration throughout.Condition
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