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Detail: Center section
Border fragment
Paracas
Early Horizon-Early Intermediate Period
100 B.C.–A.D. 100
Object Place: South Coast, Peru
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave with stem-stitch embroidery
Dimensions
106.5 x 7.9 cm (41 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.) (detail shown)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr.and Mrs. Samuel Cabot
Accession Number31.659
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDesign: worked with wool, interlocking saw-toothed, s-shaped frets decorated with conventionalized animals or human heads along each side small angular pumas each enclosing a smaller puma. The ground of border is pink, the other colors are green, blue and yellow.
ProvenanceGift of Mr.and Mrs. Samuel Cabot to MFA, 1931