Fine Inca Textile Sling

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A wonderful textile sling (known as a honda) comprised of tightly woven natural fibers with lengthy lateral

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu / Inca culture, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A finely-constructed textile sling (known as a "honda") comprised of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Incan Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A lovely textile coca bag comprised of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in hues of crimson, olive green, wheat,

Originally listed at $300 Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE; Inca, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A fabulous gathering of three colorful textile slings comprised of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca

A fine Inca textile from Peru, ca. 1300 Ð 1500 AD. The intricately woven geometric design is executed in several colors and the tassels are original to the piece. 12-1/2" wide, with tassels extending

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu / Inca culture, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A finely-constructed textile tump line - a sling used to aid in carrying large jars using the head

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, North/Central Peru, Chimu/Inca culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A fine textile panel fragment composed of tightly-woven fibers in cream, jet, ruby, and golden

Rare and Fine Inca Period Quipu Recording Tool. A quipu consisted of a series of cotton or camelid fiber strings used to store numeric and other data encoded in knots. The Inca people used them for co

Pre-Columbian, Peru, ca. 1400 to 1500 CE. Wonderfully painted wooden chicha cup decorated in vibrant shades of red, yellow, green and tan. Showing a continuous narrative scene of everyday life includi

Fine Inca Alabaster Bleating Llama Canopa. Cavity in the back for blessing ingredients such as llama tallow. Size: 3.5'' x 5.5'' x 2.75'' (9 x 14 x 7 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma

Originally offered at $3,000... Pre-Columbian, central highlands of Peru, Inca culture, ca. 1350 to 1500 CE. By far the most well known and "popular" of the pre-contact South American cultures, the I

Pre-Columbian, northern to central Peru, Inca, but possibly made by a Chimu artisan, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A handsome burnished blackware stirrup vessel depicting the head of an elite lord or warrior,

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Incan Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A small, smooth vessel, hand-carved from a deep black stone, with a hollowed-out interior. These small stone figures, called "cano

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A small, smooth, heavy blackstone figure of a llama with incised detail for the face, mouth, and dewlaps. These small stone figures, called conop

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A very long and finely woven textile sash comprised of camelid (most likely alpaca or llama) wool fibers - the overall design presenting bol

Pre-Columbian, Peru, north coast, Chimu/Inca culture, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. Woven textile panel with fringed bottom. Camelid fibers in shades of tan and brown with top panel of double-headed birds, lowe

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1438 to 1533 CE. A beautiful utilitarian axe head, hand-carved from a single piece of mottled green stone with beige and black inclusions, all hand-polishe

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE; Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A fabulous ensemble of 6 tumis - ceremonial knives - formed from thin s

Peru, ca. early 2nd millennium AD. A lovely small stone Canopa (grease jar) with distinctive striations, along with a bronze Tumi applicator amulet incised with spiral and feather designs. MEASUREMENT

100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A wonderful poncho composed of tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in hues of coffee and cr

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1100 to 1533 CE. A lovely double-weave textile belt or sash known as a "chumpi" composed of tightly-woven camelid fibers from alpaca or llama wool. The brown, black, and

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Incan Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A lovely ceremonial textile fan composed of tightly-woven camelid (llama or alpaca wool) fibers in h

DESCRIPTION: A collection of Pre-Columbian Inca and Chimu textiles. Comprises of the following: - The first textile, seen at the very top, is a Chimu woven cotton textile with serpent motifs. - The se