Chancay Weaving Basket with Weaving Implements stabbingspears and a realistically curved beak

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

illustrating the economic importance of crops like tomatoes

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

This exquisite small-sized bronze statuette depicts the goddess Bastet in her feline form

well-preserved settlements stretching from England to Poland and as far as northern France and southern Scandinavia

Chancay Weaving Basket with Weaving Implements stabbingspears and a realistically curved beakChancay 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