Antique Framed Pre-Columbian Proto Nazca Textile Fragment

Description

A Proto-Nazca textile fragment from Southern Peru circa 100BC-200AD. The linked munecas ("dolls" in Spanish) figures were woven with fibers … more A Proto-Nazca textile fragment from Southern Peru circa 100BC-200AD. The linked munecas ("dolls" in Spanish) figures were woven with fibers likely from llama and it was used to be the fringes of mantle. Framed in a shadow box, the piece features a biomorphic face typical of the Nazca work from early horizon - early Intermediate period.
Measures: 6 x 15 3/4 in; 2 x 10 1/2 x 20 1/2 in with frame. less