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Diorama with fabric sculptures
Chancay Artisans1100 A.D. - 1450 A.D.
Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum
Lima, Peru
Amazing piece of mixed material, recreation of everyday scene or ritual in Chancay’s world, scene show a house with 8 characters inside, the guests are sitting around 2 principals characters, in ritual they play music and drink, probably chicha. Piece is made in totora lined with cloth, with tapestry techniques, twill and plain cloth with diverse designs.
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Details
- Title: Diorama with fabric sculptures
- Creator: Chancay Artisans
- Date Created: 1100 A.D. - 1450 A.D.
- Physical Location: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum, Lima
- Location Created: Pisquillo Chico Chancay, Lima, Perú
- Physical Dimensions: Height 315 mm x Width 280 mm x Diameter 460 mm
- Provenance: Acquired in Pisquillo Chico
- Subject Keywords: Diorama, chancay, chancay, Weding, Scene
- Type: Funerary offering
- External Link: Amano Precolumbian Textile Museum
- Medium: Totora structure, cotton thread and camelid fiber threads probably alpaca and vegetable dyes
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