Pre-Columbian textiles. Peru.

Hello everyone. I ask for help in identifying the object. It was brought by my father, a diplomat, from Peru in 1981. They said it was pre-Columbian. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

wow that is in rough condition. If no one can help here, you can try David Bernstein who has Pre-Columbian textiles. The condition of this one might make it difficult. The textile looks like buildings which would be not be in the Pre-Columbian era but I have been proven wrong before https://www.precolumbianart4sale.com/types/Textile/works/

 

Lots of squares with an abundance of designs and colours looks like Paracas to me. But I would show it to an expert.

 

Thank you very much. I wrote to Bernstein. I will wait for an answer.

 

I looked on the Internet for various textiles from the pre-Columbian era and Paracas in particular, but I did not find textiles that were made up of squares in which the fibers were sewn in different directions vertically and horizontally.

 

Bought or brought? It would be great if you could find any documentation to establish provenance.

 

Yes, the provenance is known of course. The item was given to my father in Peru by the founder director of the EQSA company Carlos Gliksman Latowicka in 1981.

 

the size of the piece is approximately 55 by 50 cm

 

From the French word, provenir, meaning “to come from,” it proves the history of ownership of a specific piece of art. Provenance is the documentation that authenticates a particular art piece.

You have a good story.... likely a true story... but it is not Provinance !

 

Unfortunately, the story of how this item ended up in Carlos's possession is unknown to us.
Perhaps Bernstein knows something.

 

I know what provenance is))
but that's all we know now

 

maybe Carlos Gliksman Latowicka knows where he got it......if he's still kicking

 

He died a long time ago, now his son Alex runs the company

 

That means it is not Paracas. It would be helpful if you post important information like that in your first post. Remember, you have it in hand, we don't.

He may still have information on how his father acquired a piece like this.

 

Given the condition of the textile, it was most likely recovered from an ancient burial site. As Any Jewelry noted, the design looks like other textiles excavated from sites of the Paracas (800-100 BCE) and subsequent Nazca/Nasca (100 BCE - 800 AD) cultures in southern coastal Peru.


https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/30833

The weaving technique appears to be an example of "discontinuous warp and weft", or "scaffold" weaving. This unique method of weaving was first developed in the Paracas tradition. The technique, known as "ticlla" in the Quechua language, has been analyzed and revived by the weavers of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) community of Pitumarca. It uses a frame loom, rather than a simpler backstrap loom, and the warps can be set up running in different directions.

These pictures are taken from an article that explains the technique -

https://andeantextilearts.org/ticlla-a-discontinuous-weaving-technique/


Here is some more information on the history of the discovery and dispersal of pre-columbian textiles -

https://www.bgc.bard.edu/research/articles/354/paracas-and-other-andean-textiles