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A Tunic with Stylized Pelicans, North Coast, Peru, Late Horizon, 1350-1530 CE

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Chimu, Pelican Style

Dark brown cotton and multicolored camelid fiber in plain weave with supplementary wefts, weft-faced and complimentary weft stripes.

106 x 66 cm

Catalogue: 115 (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.