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A Chancay Veil - Open Space Fabrics (Lace) Black Veil Decorated with Birds and Heads, Central Coast, Peru, Late Intermediate Period, 1110-1470 CE

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Chancay

White cotton in space warp and weft mesh fabric in full-turn gauze with weft-wrapping, knotted weft wrapping and embroidery. 

83 x 86 cm

Catalogue: 189
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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.