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South American Artifacts

Decorative Textile Panel

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Peruvian Andes decorative textile panel

Details


Item-Number:740028
Item-Description:Peruvian Andes decorative textile panel
Medium:Cotton and camiled wool
Origin:Peruvian Andes - Aymara
Dimensions:Height 86 cm, width 62 cm
Age:Mid 20th century
Provenance:Field collected Puno Peruvian Andes 1974
Condition:Excellent
Notes:Complex woven textiles have been a continuing tradition in both the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes for many generations, from the Pre-Columbian era to the present day. They have also served a wide variety of functions, from clothing, carriers for babies and other valuables, for ritualistic and ceremonial purposes, for communicating status, for exchange, for amour and for burial (wrapping of the dead). Arid desert conditions in the Peruvian coastal regions have preserved dyed textiles as old as 6,000 years.

The most common weaving method was the back strap loom. Natural and later synthetic cotton was the main warp material, dyed camelid weft threads adding structural strength. Camelid hair is very permeable allowing natural plant based and other dyes to be fixed easily.

A more stylistic Peruvian Andean decorative textile panel, purchased in Puno in 1974, and woven by Lake Titicaca Aymara Indians. Cotton warp with both natural camelid and commercial weft yarns.


Price: £120