Female textile sculpture

Chancay Artisans1100 A.D. - 1450 A.D.

Amano Pre-Columbian Textile Museum
Lima, Peru

Typical Chancay Culture fabric sculpture or “doll”. Probably these figures represent real people doing daily actions linked to normal world in this society. They have been found as funerary offerings.

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Title: Female textile sculpture
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 340 mm x Width 270 mm
Provenance: Acquired in Pisquillo Chico
Subject Keywords: Sculpture, Doll, Diorama, chancay, Wedding, 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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