Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll kiddy cup I would not have known

I would not have known their purpose had it not been explained to me by the owner of this shop

which I found at a fantastic estate sale of a world traveller and avid collector in Lynn

though has a bit of a texture on the front of the face

25 tall and just short of 3

It would also make a fantastic bed spread or throw

Handmade Vintage Peruvian Chancay Doll kiddy cup I would not have knownAt 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