Chancay Loincloth Textile Panel, ca. 1000 - 1425 CE Medium - Bronze Joining silver to copper required

Joining silver to copper required expert knowledge of alloys

The spherical cage encloses a free-moving clapper

Provenance: Private Californian collection

Well before the rise of the Inca state in the fifteenth century

Metz catalogue number M1351

Chancay Loincloth Textile Panel, ca. 1000 - 1425 CE Medium - Bronze Joining silver to copper requiredA finely woven, multicolor ceremonial loincloth panel composed of a triangular upper flap and a rectangular lower tab, each densely patterned with registers of stylized birds. The triangular section is framed by a lively slitweave wave border and finished with a soft, goldtoned string fringe, and the rectangular tab below repeats the avian motif in three vertical rows and carries an extended fringe that emphasizes movement. The palette balances warm