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Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche V, Huarmey Valley, ca. 500 CE. Finely woven via the slit tapestry technique, a fringed textile featuring a panel depicting a pair of warriors standing in composite profile, wearing elaborate headdresses, and holding large staffs, one in each hand – all in shades of red, ochre, blue, and brown – surrounded by a border of concentric ovoid motifs in red and brown on an ochre ground. Beautifully framed – floating on a pale blue-green fabric matt and set in a wooden frame under glass. Size: 3.375″ L x 7.75″ W (8.6 cm x 19.7 cm); 7.375″ L x 11.875″ W (18.7 cm x 30.2 cm) in frame
Condition: Only minor fraying to peripheries and fringe. Hues and imagery still quite vivid. Overall excellent.
Provenance: private William Leazer and William Swann collection, Dallas, Texas, USA
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