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NAZCA, CÔTE MÉRIDIONALE DU PÉROU, VERS 100-200 APRÈS J.C.
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TUNIQUE
Nazca, Côte méridionale du Pérou, vers 100-200 après J.C.
Vêtement en plumes montées sur coton, dont une moitié est à fond bleu avec une figure anthropomorphe entourée de motifs géométriques, et l'autre moitié composée d'une frise d'animaux stylisés bicéphales (peut-être des renards). Plumes de couleur bleue, jaune, orange, blanche et noire.
124.5 x 74 cm
Nazca, Côte méridionale du Pérou, vers 100-200 après J.C.
Vêtement en plumes montées sur coton, dont une moitié est à fond bleu avec une figure anthropomorphe entourée de motifs géométriques, et l'autre moitié composée d'une frise d'animaux stylisés bicéphales (peut-être des renards). Plumes de couleur bleue, jaune, orange, blanche et noire.
124.5 x 74 cm
Provenance
Thomas Gibson Fine Art, 1990
Exhibited
Paris, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Plumes d'éternité : Parures funéraires de l'Ancien Pérou, Collection Georges Halphen, 22 Mai - 17 Juillet 2003, page 28, ill. 2.
Further details
NAZCA PONCHO
CA. A.D. 100-200
The complete tunic woven in cotton, one half with an anthropomorphic figure with angular arms to the sides, the face distinguished by a toothy grin ; perhaps the image of a deity, the second half with highly stylised double heads of ferocious animals, possibly foxes, overlaid in bright blue, yellow, orange black and white feathers.
Feather textiles were first produced in ancient Peru about 500 B.C. and this tradition was continued by the Nazca, Tiahuanaco and Huari through to the Inca period. Records indicate that finely woven cloths were used as currency and as tribute and among these, feather cloths were the most esteemed. This Early Nazca tabard is distinct for its use of a bold human form with a dramatic expression.
CITES request is in process.
CA. A.D. 100-200
The complete tunic woven in cotton, one half with an anthropomorphic figure with angular arms to the sides, the face distinguished by a toothy grin ; perhaps the image of a deity, the second half with highly stylised double heads of ferocious animals, possibly foxes, overlaid in bright blue, yellow, orange black and white feathers.
Feather textiles were first produced in ancient Peru about 500 B.C. and this tradition was continued by the Nazca, Tiahuanaco and Huari through to the Inca period. Records indicate that finely woven cloths were used as currency and as tribute and among these, feather cloths were the most esteemed. This Early Nazca tabard is distinct for its use of a bold human form with a dramatic expression.
CITES request is in process.