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Border fragment

Peruvian, Chancay Period
Late Intermediate Period
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Central Coast

Medium/Technique Cotton and wool plain weave with supplementary wefts; complimentary weft patterning with outlining and weft substitution
Dimensions 34.7 x 52 cm (13 11/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Edward W. Hooper
Accession Number78.78
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDesign: conventionalized figures woven with yellow, light brown, and red wool, and light cotton, above and below bands with conventionalized animals heads woven with the same colors outlined with dark brown wool. Red wool fringe sewed across bottom. Holes.
ProvenanceGift of Edward W. Hooper to MFA, 1878