decorative
Lot 50876:
Chancay
The zigzag pattern on the face of this figurine and the position of the veil indicate that it is ia female. It seems there may have been originally a been an outer loose dress as well.
Height: 44 cm
Catalogue: 184
(for more details, refer to this number in the literature here: https://shorturl.at/fisMU)
Provenance: Private collection, Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Notes: Most items from the Cottier collection were purchased from prominent collectors such as Carlos Campilli (Miami), Sophie Pdgorska (Geneva) and Marguerite Motte (Paris).
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Weaving for the Afterlife – Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006.
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