Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2563BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 24, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Pre-Columbian Multicolored Textile Panel, Peru, Siguas culture, c. 500 B.C.-100 A.D., with stylized central figure, the torso with framed double snakes, multiple-headed snake design at both ends, braided selvage on two ends, (damage, possible early repairs),51 x 62 in.
Provenance: Collected by Ernest Mitchell in the 1920s.
Estimate $2,500-3,500