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 Red Tunic (Unku) Embroidered with Geometric Motifs, Far South Highlands or Possibly Northern Chile, Peru, Possibly Late Horizon, 1450-1550 CE

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Start price: $1,500

Estimated price: $3,000 - $5,000

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Inca-Influenced

Multicolored camelid fiber in plain weave warp face with embroidery (cross-knit loop stitch, flat stitches and overcasting stitch).

99 x 95 cm 

For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 267, p. 319 ( 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. 319

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