Posted 4 years ago
Jedudley36
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“Below is a description of what Chancy Burial Dolls are” I am unsure if what I have is Modern or not, their origin or value”
The Chancay were a pre-Columbian archeological civilization which developed between the valleys of Fortaleza, Pativilca, Supe, Huaura, Chancay, Chillón, Rimac and Lurin, on the central coast of Peru from about CE 1000 to 1470. 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 fifteenth century and in about 1450 A.D. the Incas were occupying both areas.It is believed that the Chancay had a centralized political structure, forming a small regional state.Thus the Chancay culture declined in the fifteenth century to make way for the territorial expansion of the Inca Empire
Your dolls are modern souvenirs, originally based on the authentic burial dolls, but there is a major way to tell the difference. The old ones had faces that were tapestry, woven into the fabric as it was made. The new ones have faces that are embroidered or stitched on.
Virtually every pre-historic Chancay doll is in museum collections. The thousands of "Chancay dolls" found on the internet or in the market place today, may be made from fragments of pre-historic fabric originally taken from burials, but they are not the originals, which date from ca. 1100-1450 A.D.