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A Tan Unku Decorated with Brown Vertical Stripes, North Chile, Possibly Late Horizon, 1350-1550 CE

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Multicolored cotton in plain weave warp face with complementary warp stripes.

83 x 114 cm 

Catalogue: 269
(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.