Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll kiddy cup In addition to miniature animals

In addition to miniature animals

crownlike hat with long flaps

I would not have known their purpose had it not been explained to me by the owner of this shop

for the Archives of American Art’s Nanette L

It would also make a fantastic bed spread or throw

Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll kiddy cup In addition to miniature animalsAt 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