Artworks · Chancay

Dolls

1950 · Contemporary assemblage of materials from a variety of past cultures. Cotton, variety of eaves, embroidered with cotton and wool in tunning and satin stitches; couching; cotton wrapped twigs

28.3 × 19.7 cm (11 1/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

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Fragment

1000 · Cotton and camelid wool; plain weave edged in slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts

43.8 × 27.3 cm (17 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Loincloth Panel

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), plain weave; slit tapestry weave

129.5 × 35.6 cm (51 × 14 in.)

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Loincloth Panel

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), plain weave; slit tapestry weave

137.2 × 35.6 cm (54 × 14 in.)

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Fragment

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of weft faced plain weave, and slit tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts

41 × 40.3 cm (16 1/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

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Mantle Corners

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with band of complementary patterning weft

a: 43.5 × 25.7 cm (17 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.); b: 40.3 × 25.4 cm (15 7/8 × 10 in.)

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Globular Jar with Modeled Figures in Erotic Scene

1000 · Ceramic and pigment

29.2 × 22.9 cm (11 1/2 × 9 in.)

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Jar with Textile-Like Pattern and Handle in Form of an Animal

1000 · Ceramic and pigment

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Necklace Strung with Shell and Ceramic Beads

1000 · Shell and ceramic with string

H.: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)

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Necklace Strung with Indigenous and Imported Beads

1000 · Glass, shell, and ceramic with string

H.: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)

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Figurine of Abstract Figure with Arms Held Outwards

1000 · Ceramic and pigment

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Fragment of a Garment

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), gauze weave with brocading wefts with border of slit tapestry weave; edged with plain weave extended weft loop fringe

55.6 × 31.4 cm (21 7/8 × 12 3/8 in.)

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Headcloth

1000 · Cotton, plain weave; tie dyed

96.5 × 101.6 cm (38 × 40 in.)

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Fragments (Loincloth)

1000 · slit tapestry

a: 25.4 × 4.5 cm (10 × 1 3/4 in.); b: 29.2 × 5.1 cm (11 1/2 × 2 in.)

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Loincloth Panel

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), band of plain weave; center of three-color complementary weft weave; tabs of slit tapestry weave with eccentric wrapping outlining wefts; joined with wool, cross knit loop stitches to twined warp extended weft cut fringe

22.2 × 40.6 cm (8 3/4 × 16 in.)

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Fragment

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts

28.6 × 16.2 cm (11 1/4 × 6 3/8 in.)

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Tunic shoulder fragment

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single dovetail tapestry weave; edged with weft-faced plain weave with extended weft cut fringe

89.2 × 53.3 cm (35 1/8 × 21 in.)

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Fragment (Border)

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave

13.3 × 54.3 cm (5 1/4 × 21 3/8 in.)

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Fragments

1000 · Cotton and camelid wool; plain weave edged in slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts

a: 62.2 × 22.9 cm (24 1/2 × 9 in.); b: 63.5 × 26.7 cm (25 × 10 1/2 in.); c: 22.2 × 19.1 cm (8 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.); d: 61 × 26.7 cm (24 × 10 1/2 in.)

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Fragment (Border)

1000 · Cotton and wool; slit tapestry on plain woven cloth

71.1 × 20.3 cm (28 × 8 in.)

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Fragment (Border)

1000 · Cotton, plain weave and cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts; slit tapestry tab fringe

15.6 × 60.3 cm (6 1/8 × 23 3/4 in.)

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Fragment

1000 · Cotton, plain weave and cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outlining wefts; slit tapestry tab fringe

30.5 × 61 cm (12 × 24 in.)

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Fragment from a Mantle

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), two- and three-color complementary weft plain weave with inner warps and self-patterned by weft floats; band of plain weave with slit tapestry tab fringe

25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Fragment

1000 · Cotton, plain weave and cotton and wool (camelid), slit and tapestry weave with eccentric and wrapping outline wefts with slit tapestry tab fringe

28.6 × 19.6 cm (11 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

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Panel

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with eccentric and interlaced outlining wefts; edged with plain weave extended weft loop fringe

91.4 × 48.6 cm (36 × 19 1/8 in.)

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Fragment

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and dovetailed tapestry weave

9.2 × 14.9 cm (3 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

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Headcloth

1000 · Cotton, plain gauze weave; embroidered in knotted couching

99.1 × 99.1 cm (39 × 39 in.)

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Border

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave

a: 26 × 50.8 cm (10 1/4 × 20 in.); b: 25.4 × 51.1 cm (10 × 20 1/8 in.)

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Border Fragment

1000 · Cotton and wool (camelid), bands of plain weave, slit tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts, and three-color complementary weft weave; edged with plain weave extended weft loop fringe

34.2 × 39.3 cm (13 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)

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Fragment

900 · Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry with eccentric and wrapped outlining wefts

11.4 × 12.3 cm (4 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.)

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