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RARE Peruvian Nazca Mantel Fringe Panel 1-750AD No Res!
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RARE Peruvian Nazca Mantel Fringe Panel 1-750AD No Res!
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Authentic and Complete Nazca / Nasca Warp of a Mantle Fringed Panel, 1 - 750 AD All original hand woven and sewn, of vegetative and other natural dyed handspun camilid fibers, warp of a fringed Mantle panel. This large and complete panel is very finely woven, and intact with the fringe lush and full and colors strong and clear. This piece has been well cared for and well constructed, and is needle knitted. This is a large impressive piece and measures approximately 12 inches from top to tip of fringe, and approximately 12 inches across the end of the flattened fringe. The body shows a very old thread repair on the verso where the fringed panel was secured at some point in the pieces history. Pre-Columbian textiles range in time from 500 b.c. to 1476, and represent a number of distinctive cultures that existed along the Andes. Andean textiles have an uncanny vividness of color and a pervasive sensitivity to texture. The beautifully spun camelid yarns still vibrate with strong primary reds, yellows and blues, as well as the more sophisticated variations of mauve, pink and maroon. Sensitive to different textures and how each reflect light, the artists spun threads in different directions to create extremely subtle effect. What is most impressive about Andean textiles is this profound effort made in their production. Their true dedication to the textile medium was reflected in the exploration of complex weaving techniques and to their continued innovation of designs. The range of fantastic creatures dressed in animal personifications, or transformations of one being into another continue to fascinate us 2000 years later. Andean textiles have long been known by connoisseurs as the most superb fabrics ever produced. Textiles played an important role in Andean society. Textile arts were extremely labor intensive and required extraordinary skill. A single tunic might be made from 6 to 9 miles of different colored thread. Textiles were valued more than gold or silver, unlike the precious metal the Spaniards coveted, and signified the wearer's high social status and political power. The Incas gave textiles as the highest form of tribute. Sacred fabrics were also for important persons who were buried and wrapped in elaborately woven and embroidered mummy bundles and were meant to accompany the wearer to the next world. Gravesites were located in the coastal dunes, which are the world's driest coastal desert. This was the main reason that Andean textiles were so well preserved, with some stretching back to 3000 BCE. Many fabrics were also created for ritual sacrifice and were burned as offerings to the sun (Inti-Inca sun god) who was considered the highest of the celestial powers. These ancient textiles were created with a very high technological and intellectual point of view and were very sophisticated. One piece often incorporated several techniques. Yet, these complex Andean fabrics were made on a primitive backstrap loom, which is usually attached to a tree, or on the basic frame loom. The weaver's had a very modest basket with implements such as picks and bobbins wound with camelid and cotton thread . The Nazca of Peru's southern coastal region were roughly contemporary with the Moche. Like their Paracas predecessors, the Nazca produced little architecture and excelled at making textiles and pottery with colorful stylized designs that contrast sharply to the realism and restrained color of northern Peruvian ceramics. The Nasca are also known for their technically complex textiles. The textiles were most likely woven by women at habitation sites from spun cotton and wool . The textiles would have been made using a backstrap loom. This is similar to the way textiles are made in the region today. Textiles were woven with the common motifs earlier than they appeared painted on pottery. The dry desert has preserved the textiles of both the Nazca and Paracas cultures, which comprise most of what is known about early textiles in the region. Shawls, dr...
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