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LOT 2597
Pre-Columbian Inca Artefact Collection
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 - 17 1/4 in. (29 grams total, 18.5-44 cm).
Mixed group including an embroidered textile fragments, and tassel with decorative band. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1940s-1950s.
Ex Hiller collection; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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