Lot 310

Two Vintage Peruvian & Guatemalan Textiles

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Two Vintage Peruvian & Guatemalan Textiles
Two Vintage Peruvian & Guatemalan Textiles
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Two Vintage Peruvian & Guatemalan Textiles

Estimate: $400 - $600

Starting Bid: $175

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by Artemis Fine Arts
June 25, 2026 9:00 AM MDT (In Progress)
Live Auction
686 S. Taylor Avenue
Suite 108
Louisville, CO, US 80027

South America, Peru, Quechua, ca. 20th century CE; Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Maya, ca. 20th century CE. A matched encounter between two of the Western Hemisphere's most sophisticated weaving traditions, this lot pairs a Guatemalan Maya ceremonial cloth with a Quechua Andean woven garment, each a testament to the living textile arts of their respective highland cultures. The Maya piece is a large multi-panel ceremonial cloth, likely a sobrecama or altar cloth, constructed from multiple backstrap loom-woven cotton panels seamed together and finished with characteristic pink cinta tape borders. Vertical bands of supplementary weft brocade in red, yellow, green, and blue advance across a crisp white plain-weave ground in repeating zigzag, lozenge, and rosette motifs, the visual grammar of highland Guatemalan weaving rendered in synthetic dyes of mid-century vibrancy. Size of larger: 64" W x 72" H (162.6 cm W x 182.9 cm H)

The Andean piece is a warp-faced wool garment of southern Peruvian origin, its surface dense with complementary-warp pallay bands of stacked hourglass and triangle figures in cochineal red, aniline pink, olive green, and dark brown, finished on all sides with exuberant polychrome fringe in red, yellow, and green. Together the two pieces constitute a rare cross-cultural study in indigenous American textile mastery, the architectural geometry of the Andes in quiet dialogue with the chromatic exuberance of the Maya highlands.

Provenance: ex-private Moore collection, Denver, Colorado, USA, acquired prior to 1990

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Item # 201443

  • Condition: Excellent. Some small pulls, tears, and fraying, all commensurate with age. Otherwise, both are intact and excellent with vibrant pigments and clear decorative programs.

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$0 $299 $25
$300 $999 $50
$1,000 $1,999 $100
$2,000 $4,999 $250
$5,000 $9,999 $500
$10,000 $19,999 $1,000
$20,000 $49,999 $2,500
$50,000 $99,999 $5,000
$100,000 $199,999 $10,000
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