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Description: figure, ceramic. Chancay female figure. A distinctive Chancay ceramic style has an off-white slip decorated with black, less often red, lines or wider areas. Human figures were common and frequently dressed in textiles which might be plain weave garments of simple fabrics with elaborate borders or complex all-over woven patterns or painted material. Such figures are typically, but not always, female, and are commonly associated with burials. Peru
Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 2004.102.1Accession Date: 22 Oct 2004Display Room: applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient WorldsDescription: figure, ceramic. Chancay female figure. A distinctive Chancay ceramic style has an off-white slip decorated with black, less often red, lines or wider areas. Human figures…