Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll tabletop toy She refers to the women

She refers to the women in sculptures such as this one as storytellers--mouths open

and they are otherwise in very good condition

The lid of this charming soapstone trinket box

This lovely pewter lily of the valley pin

but I think it’s a wonderful object

Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll tabletop toy She refers to the womenAt 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