Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll 70s decor are rendered in brown polished

are rendered in brown polished stone

as part of a grouping of interesting boxes

Really a lovely and interesting piece to live with--or a great gift for the runner or Existentialist in your life

established in the 1970s by Todd Piker

Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll 70s decor are rendered in brown polishedAt 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