This week’s Nalbound Object of the Week is a Chancay culture doll from Peru. The Chancay culture isn’t well known, but there is a known tradition of burial dolls. I first ran across this type of doll in 2019 while in the UK to examine other nalbound objects.
Object: Chancay doll
Description: Length: 13.50 cm Width: 9 cm1
Dated to: Chancay 900-1430 CE2
Find location: Peru3
Material: Wood, cotton, camelid wool (the looping is cotton and camelid wool)4
Stitch(es) used: S-crossed Simple Looping (as determine by Anne Marie Decker based on the photographs)
Inventory number: Am1909,1207.1915
Current location: British Museum
Link to museum catalog or other data: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1909-1207-191
Some sources in which more information can be found:
Photographs: There are two additional photos on the British Museum’s website.
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- https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1909-1207-191 ↩︎
- https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1909-1207-191 ↩︎
- https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1909-1207-191 ↩︎
