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LOT 2341
Pre-Columbian Inca Fabric Fragments
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
17 - 24 3/8 in. (22 grams total, 43-62 cm).
Comprising decorative fragments with a tasselled edge on one side and the other edge with a crenellated border. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1940s-1950s.
Ex Hiller collection; thence by descent.
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