Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll 70s decor collecting loose change

collecting loose change

which included a wonderful collection of mid-century and contemporary ceramics

and solid bands around the neck

75ʺ diameter at widest × 4

Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll 70s decor collecting loose changeAt first I believed this amazing vintage doll was a voodoo doll, but I have learned that it is in fact a Peruvian Chancay burial doll. These were traditionally used in the Chancay culture, a pre Columbian civilization located in modern day Peru. The burial dolls were made of woven fabric, typically stuffed with reed or fiber, dressed in gendered garments woven to size, and would usually have tapestry woven faces with dramatic facial features. Believed