Pre-Columbian - Ancient Textiles for Sale
Like the ancient Egyptians and the Chinese, pre-Columbian peoples interred their dead with furnishings for the afterlife. In coastal Peru's dry climate, ancient textiles have survived in remarkable numbers, emerging from their long darkness with astonishing freshness of color. Weaving in Peru goes back to about 2000 B.C. and displays considerable sophistication and technical expertise.
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Important Moche-Huarmey Belt Fragments
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Rare and important pair of matching textile belt panels from the ancient Moche culture of north-coastal Peru, ca 500 to 700 AD. Woven of cotton and camelid fibers in...
$6,950.00
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Huge Proto-Nazca Textile-Eye Dazzler
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A very large and near-perfect woven textile shawl, Proto-Nazca, Ca 200 - 0 BC. From southern Peru, woven of native cotton, dyed in a stunning pattern of red, gold and black.
$8,500.00
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Peruvian Textile Ski Cap - North Coast
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OK, maybe not really for use while skiing, but certainly looks like the ski caps we see in Colorado during the winter! Ancient woven textile cap of llama wool and...
$495.00
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Pre-Columbian Textile Coca Bag
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From the north coast of Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 to 1300 AD. Ancient textile bag, of the type most commonly used by the natives to pick coca leaves. Brown with vertical...
$295.00
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Pre-Columbian Inca Textile Coca Bag
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Another fine ancient textile! From the north coast of Peru, Inca culture, ca. 1300 to 1500 AD. Tightly-woven bag in shades of brown, red and tan, with small tassel at each...
$395.00 Reserved
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Attractive Inca Stone Canopa
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Wonderful coloration! Ancient Pre-Columbian Canopa, Inca, central Peru, ca 1450 to 1500 AD. Two-tone votive figure buried by the Inca in the fields to ask the gods Pachamama...
$395.00
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Chancay Coca Bag / Chuspa
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Ancient Pre-Columbian Peruvian Coca Bag, Chancay style, ca. 1000 Woven fabric satchel used for storing/carrying coca leaves (to help combat altitude sickness and other...
$185.00
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Peruvian Belt Fragment - Zoomorphs
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Ancient Pre-Columbian Textile Belt Fragment from Peru, ca. 1000 A.D. Features a row of zoomorphic figures woven in rich shades of red and tan. Mounted on a piece of modern-
$495.00
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Peruvian Textile Fragment - Vibrant
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Eye-catching! Ancient Pre-Columbian Textile from Peru, ca. 1100 - 1400 A.D. Wonderfully woven fragment on chocolate-brown backing which features three zoomorphic creatures...
$695.00 SOLD
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Cotton was the most common fiber used for weaving cloth, although in the Central Andean Area llama, alpaca, and vicuña wool was also used. These materials were often colored with mineral and vegetable dyes. Besides woven patterns and images, textiles designs were achieved through painting, stamping, embroidering, and appliqué. In Post-Classic Mesoamerica and Peru, fabric was also made of feathers. Catlike creatures, such as jaguars, shamanic animals of ancient mythological lineage, were a frequently used motif in pre-Columbian textiles.
