Chancay Weaving Basket with Weaving Implements stabbingspears illustrating the economic importance of

illustrating the economic importance of crops like tomatoes

The prominence of such figures points to a period of significant conflict in Cyprus during the Iron Age

Superb strand composed of mixed small-sized late 19th- and early 20th-century glass trade beads

and a realistically curved beak partially opened to allow the escape of a whistling sound

a Lord of Earth

Chancay Weaving Basket with Weaving Implements stabbingspears illustrating the economic importance ofChancay Culture, Late Intermediate Period, c. 10001470 AD, Central Coast, Peru An exceptional and exceedingly rare ancient weaving kit, comprising a traditional hand woven Chancay basket fashioned from tightly plaited totora reeds over a framework of split cane. This rectangular basketremarkably well preservedstill contains its original weaving implements, offering an extraordinary glimpse into the daily life and craft traditions of a master weaver