Vibrant Tiahuanaco Textile Sash - Mirrored Jaguar Masks

Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) culture. A lovely textile sash fragment comprised of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in vivid hues of crimson, wheat, cream, olive-green, and midnight-blue. Against the red ground are several abstract jaguar masks with diamond-shaped mouths, spiraling eyes, and three-pronged crowns. Two of the masks meet at their mouths and mirror each other, and three of the masks have similarly-colored crowns. The peripheries are reinforced with red thread. A vivid and attractive example of ancient Bolivian textile artistry! Mounted against black, museum-quality fabric. Item # 202476

Estimate:$250

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