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A large pre-Colombian Chancay Textile, Peru, 15th century,…
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Melbourne
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25-Oct-2011
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A large pre-Colombian Chancay Textile, Peru, 15th century, woven with stylised birds in bands between double borders, in deep pink and yellow on a brown ground, yellow fringes, mounted under glass and framed 117 x 130 cm. Provenance: Estate of the late beryl Whiteley, Sydney Christie's south Kensington tribal Art sale 29 June 1987, lot 26. Other Notes: the Chancay culture flourished on the central Coast of Peru between the 11th and 15th centuries.
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