Chancay Ceramic Dolls

These were usually large female looking dolls made from clay.

Chancay ceramic dolls.

Chancay doll of a mother and child with a striped blanket andean mestizo culture doll and chancay culture textiles 20th century doll and 1000 1460 ce textiles cotton camelid wool plant fibers and natural dyes l. They normally come in pairs of male and female figures with stocky almost triangular shaped bodies and upraised arms. Porcelain dolls come in male and female designs as well as various ages such newborn babies dolls that look like young women or dolls that look like children. The dolls are modern day reproductions modeled after ancient cloth figures found in the graves of elite chancay people whose culture flourished in the arid coastal valley of peru during 1000 1460 ce.

Peruâ s chancay culture settled fifty miles north of lima in the chancay valley between 900 and 1400 a d. The chancay culture is believed to have been conquered and incorporated into the inca empire in the mid to late 13th century. Porcelain dolls that were made 80 to 100 years ago or more can be quite valuable. Chancay doll of a mother and child with a pink blanket.

4 cm x w. The chancay people were exquisite ceramic and textile artisans. Cuchimilco ceramic figures are almost always presented in pairs to represent family. Think about the size of the china doll.

The cuchimilco figures are unglazed terracotta figurines created between 1200 and 1450 ad by the chancay culture which developed in the latter part of the inca empire. Ceramic dolls or female figurines were also created. The chancay civilization produced ceramics on a large scale using mainly moulds. Chancay burial dolls are a type of grave goods that were used by the chancay culture a pre columbian civilization located in modern day peru.

Not much is known about the chancay civilization which developed in the later part of the inca empire this culture emerged after the fall of the wari civilization parts of the southern chancay area were conquered by the chimú in the early 1400s and by about 1450 ce the incas were occupying both areas. Vessels are often large and quaintly shaped with the egg shaped jars being more common. 4 5 cm x h. May 14 2020 explore ruth walzer shine s board chancay pottery on pinterest.

Ceramic guardian figures were important in chancay culture. 25 cm bfpc collection 2011 12. There are porcelain dolls as small as 8 inches and baby dolls as big as 18 inches so size is a factor to consider when choosing one. The chancay likely had a centralized political structure and formed a small regional state.

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