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THBHuge Inca Polychrome Textile Panel
Lot 16g
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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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Featuring Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, much more. All items have been legally acquired and are legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1532 CE. A colossal textile comprised of tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) threads in hues of crimson, olive green, midnight blue, and wheat. The sizable composition is formed from two identical panels joined at the vertical midsection. Each half of the textile bears eleven vertical blue-and-beige columns outlined with green stripes, each containing repeating decorative programs of inversely corresponding stepped, spiral, and diamond-form motifs. Gargantuan textile panels like this example were used as burial wraps for deceased individuals, though these conjoined panels were also perhaps intended for a tunic, poncho, or other article of clothing. A fabulous and colorful example of skillful Inca textile artistry. Mounted atop a museum-quality display fabric. Size (textile): 56.4" W x 55.8" H (143.3 cm x 141.7 cm); (display fabric): 62" W x 63.125" H (157.5 cm x 160.3 cm)
For an example of an Inca tunic with a similar vertical columnar motif, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2005.288.
For an Inca textile fragment containing stylistically similar motifs, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.394.727.
Provenance: private Honolulu, Hawaii, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s from William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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#153551Both panels of this textile were joined in the middle in modern times with red thread but were likely conjoined or part of the same textile composition when created. Minor fraying to some peripheral threads, with light staining, and minor creasing, otherwise intact and choice. Wonderful remains of original coloration throughout.Condition
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