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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Chancay Style Ancient Textile Doll
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Manufactured in the last 50 years, but using guaranteed ancient Peruvian textiles from the Chancay culture. Female form, composed of ancient textiles dating between 1100-
$125.00 SOLD
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Nazca Wool and Feather Cap
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Fine early textile hat from the Nazca culture of southern Peru, ca 500 A.D. Tightly woven cap of camelid fibers in wave and triangle pattern, decorated on top with bright...
$1,595.00
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Stunning Proto-Nazca Textile Frog
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An incredible and very early textile weaving from southern Peru! Ca 300 BC - Proto-Nazca - and woven in camelid wool in the form of an exotically colored frog with central...
$3,695.00
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Rare Sican Textile Roundel
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Extremely rare and vibrant textile roundel - similar in use to one's coat-of-armor - from the Lambayeque Valley of northern Peru. Ca 800 to 1000 AD and woven in bright...
$3,495.00
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Framed Inca Textile Child's Tump Line
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A lovely and very unusual Inca textile tump-line, ca 1350 to 1500 AD. Woven of camelid fibers (llama wool or alpaca) using a very rare purple dye, plus red, brown and tan...
$995.00
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Framed Proto Nazca Tie-Dyed Textile Panel
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A very bright and vibrant tie-dyed textile fragment dating before the emergence of the Nazca, in southern Peru. Ca 100 BC - 100 AD, of dyed cotton fibers in gold over red...
$895.00
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Framed Textile Headband - North Coast
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By itself, a very fine and lovely ancient textile, but framed properly - as it now is - it has become a true example of ancient art! From north-coastal Peru,
$1,195.00
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Stunning Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Panel
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Literally breath-taking! Long woven cloth strip from the Chimu culture of northern Peru, Ca 1200 to 1300 AD, woven of cotton and camelid fibers with four birds against a...
$1,995.00
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Large Nazca Textile Sash - Framed
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Vibrant and wonderfully framed ancient textile sash from the Nazca culture of southern Peru, ca 200 AD. Often used in the preparation of mummy-bundles, this large sash is...
$1,495.00
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Huge Proto-Nazca Textile Turbante
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Vibrant and stunning ancient Pre-Columbian Textile Turbante from south-coastal Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca 200 - 0 BC. This large, wrapped headdress is woven in bright...
$8,250.00
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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.
