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TEXTILES & HATS | Pre-Columbian Textiles & Hats By Region

The William Siegal Gallery is recognized as the leading gallery for Pre-Columbian and Aymara textiles. For three thousand years, the art of weaving was the most important artistic and cultural expression of the many highly developed Pre-Columbian Andean societies. Each of the textiles in our collection exhibits the epitome of technical weaving skill and artistry.

 

Lambayeque textile

Huarmey Headband

Highland Textiles

  North Coast of Peru
Moche, Lambayeque,
Chimu Cultures

Central Coast of Peru
Chancay, Huarmey,
Huacho Cultures

Highlands of Peru
Inca, Huari
Cultures

  Nasca textile Anasazi mantle Pre-Columbian Hats
 

South Coast of Peru
Paracas, Proto-Nasca,
Nasca, Nasca-Huari

 

Other Regions
Anasazi Culture,
Pre-Contact U.S.

 

Peruvian Hats
Various Cultures,
fine examples

 

Ancient Textiles and Objects