M41

Pre-Columbian textile with pelican decoration

A fragment of woven wool textile decorated with diagonal bands of stylised pelicans.

Pre-Columbian, Peru, early 2nd Millennium AD

Fragment as shown

Size: 22.5 x 9 cms, frame 31 x 18 cms

Ex. private collection, Yorkshire, UK; acquired 1970's-1980's. Formerly in the collection of Dirk Fowler.

Mounted in a good quality glazed gilt-wood frame.