The Yossef Maiman Collection - Important Pre-Columbian Pottery and Textile Hammeriste and In Cooperation with David Ben Ami Andres Auctions (Antiquities license number 299)

A Bag (Chuspa) with Strap and Zoomorphic Decoration, North/Central Coast, Peru, Late Intermediate Period, 900-1470 CE

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

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Chimu

Multicolored camelid fiber in textile panel, plain weave and supplementary wefts. The upper band of weft face with a stripe of complementary wefts. the border stem stitch used as covering.

29 x 35 cm (not including the handle)

For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 120, p. 168 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/weaving_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)

Provenance: Exibited at "Haifa Museum of Art" (according to the literature)Acquired by the Maiman Group in 1988. Estate of Yossef Maiman.

Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Weaving for the Afterlife – Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 168

Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]