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Chancay Wood Mask w/ Textile Turban, ex-Lions
Chancay Wood Mask w/ Textile Turban, ex-Lions
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Description
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 CE. This charming wood mask boasts brilliant red coloring from cinnabar and a vibrant textile turbante. Textiles are probably the best known of the Chancay culture's artistic creations. The wonderful headdress on this mask features intricate embroidery and an array of colors - red, gold, and chocolate brown. Textiles were oftentimes made for magical or religious purposes. Headdresses in particular were imbued with spiritual properties. According to scholarship, threads were spun in the form of an S-shape in anticlockwise direction. This thread according to cultural lore possessed a magical quality called "lloque" which was believed to provide protection in the afterlife. Custom, museum-quality stand included. 10"H (25cm) x 10"W (25cm) at widest point x 3-1/8"D  (8cm) at deepest point.

Provenance: Ex-Eugene Lions Collection, Switzerland, collected 1950s-1960s.

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#101395
Condition
Slight surface wear and loss to eyes on mask. Slight fading and fraying of end of turbante - not visible from front side. Mask and textile intact and appears excellent to near choice.
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Chancay Wood Mask w/ Textile Turban, ex-Lions

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