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THBPachacamac Textile w/ Janus Headed Dragons & Alter Ego
Lot 281a
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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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Pre-Columbian, Peru, Lurin Valley, Pachacamac, ca. 11th to 16th century CE. A finely woven textile comprised of camelid (alpaca or llama) fibers of red and cream hues on a beige fabric ground. The design/iconographic program features conjoined janus-headed serpentine or dragon creatures with an additional creature, perhaps representative of an alter ego, inside each body. One panel is red on cream, while the other is cream on red, making for a complementary design. Size: 11.125" W x 10.375" H (28.3 cm x 26.4 cm); 25.5" W x 21.5" H (64.8 cm x 54.6 cm) including black fabric mount
Pachacamac is located on the Peruvian coast approximately 32 kilometers south of Lima. It was a sacred site, as well as an oracle, and place of burial, that pilgrims from numerous ancient Andean cultures visited, including the Incas. Active for more than 2,000 years, this site was named after the god Pacha Kamaq who was worshipped as the "Maker of the Earth" by these coastal peoples and was also associated with powerful earthquakes. According to indigenous mythology, Pachacamac had defeated Con, the rival creator god who as a form of punishment for humankind's evilness had stopped all rainfall. Pachacamac resorted to transforming the human race into animals and subsequently created an entirely new race of men and women. Some versions of the myth tell of the god sending four stars to earth. Two of the stars were male and became kings and nobility. The other two stars were female and became common folk.
Provenance: ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from the 1950s to 1960s
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#150888Some areas of staining as shown. Otherwise very good with nice selvage.Condition
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