**Originally Listed At $3000** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Paracas, ca. 500 BCE. A gorgeous and sizable gauze textile panel comprised of cotton threads in a uniform vermilion color with a fringe border in hues of teal, emerald-green, cobalt, sunflower, coffee, jet, and cream. The thin gauze textile is topped with an upper border which displays 24 highly stylized hummingbirds with folded wings and slender beaks. Some of the hummingbird panels still retain small textile tabs which exhibit a similar color as the rectangular ground below. Sewn against a modern textile panel on a fabric backing. Size (textile): 60.5" W x 23" H (153.7 cm x 58.4 cm); size (backing): 77.5" W x 38.75" H (196.8 cm x 98.4 cm). Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950s to 1960s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #139175品相报告: Losses to areas of periphery and interior of gauze textile, areas of hummingbird border, and many border tabs. Fraying and loosening to interior and peripheral threads, with fading and staining to some areas of original coloration, and minor creasing. Colors are still visible and vivid.