Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll kiddy cup for the Archives of American

for the Archives of American Art’s Nanette L

It would also make a fantastic bed spread or throw

which was founded in Pasadena

which I found at a fantastic estate sale of a world traveller and avid collector in Lynn

Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll kiddy cup for the Archives of AmericanAt first I believed this amazing vintage doll was a voodoo doll, but I have learned that it is in fact a Peruvian Chancay burial doll. These were traditionally used in the Chancay culture, a pre Columbian civilization located in modern day Peru. The burial dolls were made of woven fabric, typically stuffed with reed or fiber, dressed in gendered garments woven to size, and would usually have tapestry woven faces with dramatic facial features. Believed