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Peru Two Coca Bags with Extensive Fringe

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Peru Two Coca Bags with Extensive Fringe
<B>Two Coca Bags with Extensive Fringe</B></I><BR>Late Horizon<BR>A.D. 1300-1530<BR>Camelid fibers, cotton<BR>Height 23 3/8 in. Width 12 in.<BR><BR>These similar rectangular fringed coca bags are patterned in bands of muted color oriented to the longer axis. Many of the bands have woven, conventionalized pictographic designs of birds and reptiles. In each example it is uncertain whether or not the extended fringe arranged as horizontal stripes and bound in small units is original to the pouch. The smaller pouch has more wear and abrasion than the large example. In both the long fringe is in good condition.<BR><BR>Provenance<BR>Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco: sale 7437E, 9 June 2003, lot 5123, p.33<BR><BR>