Proto Nazca Polychrome Textile Gauze Panel Fringe Edge
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Description
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A superb textile panel with a body comprised of loosely woven natural cotton fibers in a gauze-like consistency colored with brown pigment. The periphery of the textile body is lined with striped red, pink, and yellow columns that terminate in frilled tassels and support trios of bridged fabric panels that alternate between sets of purple and green colors. Gauze panels like this example were typically used as burial wraps for deceased individuals. Mounted atop a museum-quality display fabric. Size (textile): 68.25" L x 47.25" W (173.4 cm x 120 cm); (display fabric): 87" L x 66.5" W (221 cm x 168.9 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, acquired in the 1950s to 1960s
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#148265
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, acquired in the 1950s to 1960s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#148265
Condition
Repairs to several areas of interior gauze threads, with modern sewing around repairs. Minor fraying and loosening to some interior and peripheral threads, with staining and fading to original color, and minor creasing. Nice remains of original colors throughout.
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Proto Nazca Polychrome Textile Gauze Panel Fringe Edge
Estimate $3,500 - $5,000
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