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THBLarge Proto Nazca Polychrome Textile Fringe Fragment
Lot 100q
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A beautiful textile fringe fragment of a sizable form composed of tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in colorful hues of crimson, teal, wheat, espresso, cream, sapphire-blue, sage, and forest-green. The top half is made from one contiguous bar and features rectangular zigzags surmounted by petite arches on one side as well as wider rectangular zigzags topped with dense checkerboard patterns on the other. The bottom half consists of two attached panels, the left displaying a pair of pyramidal forms with conjoined interior slopes, and the right showing four shorter pyramids. An attractive textile example from early Nazca artisans! Mounted atop a museum-quality display fabric. Size (textile): 43" L x 8.75" W (109.2 cm x 22.2 cm); size (display fabric): 60.75" L x 25.5" W (154.3 cm x 64.8 cm).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950s to 1960s
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#148287This is a fragment of a larger textile composition. Both lower panels are sewn together and commensurately sewn to the larger top panel. Minor loosening to some interior fibers, with light fading to original coloration in scattered areas, and minor creasing. Imagery and original coloration are still visible and clear.Condition
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