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THBLarge Huari Polychrome Textile Fertility Panel
Lot 41c
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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 ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An enticing textile panel of a sizable form composed of tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in vivid hues of crimson, wheat, cream, espresso, sapphire-blue, citrine, amethyst, and forest-green. The textile features four large triangular panels in red, white, light-brown, and blue hues that are sewn together with a stepped pattern along the diagonal seams and a straight horizontal line across the midsection. The vertical peripheries are lined with crimson-hued stripes featuring several rectangular panels filled with abstract two-headed serpents. Textiles like this example were used in various Huari fertility rituals, and the two-headed serpents were important symbols of fertility and rebirth. A wonderful and colorful textile example from ancient Peru! Mounted atop a museum-quality display fabric. Size (textile): 45.5" L x 48" W (115.6 cm x 121.9 cm); size (display fabric): 60.5" L x 66" W (153.7 cm x 167.6 cm).
Snake/serpents provide a fascinating element of Pre-Columbian iconography. They were regarded to be a beneficial source of nourishment and at the same time quite deadly with their poisonous venom. Also important to the indigenous was the fact that snakes shed their skin annually thus rejuvenating themselves and serving as symbols of renewal, fertility, and good health. The existence of two heads on this piece may suggest the bicephalic serpent which was a signifier of high rank in various Pre-Columbian world views. These two-headed beasts were regarded as sky bands that arched over the earth or surrounded the seas serving as a passageway for the planets and stars of the celestial realm. This motif decorated articles associated with individuals of high rank, thus associating them with the powers of this mighty creature.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany
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#148280Textile is sewn atop modern brown, white, red, and blue textile panels for stability and congruity. Losses to areas of original blue, white, brown, and red textile areas as shown. Minor loosening and fraying to some interior and peripheral fibers, with light fading and staining to original coloration, and minor creasing. Original coloration and serpentine iconography still visible and clear.Condition
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