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Ceremonial coca cloth
Lupaca-Aymara
18th century
Object Place: Peru-Bolivia, Lake Titicaca area
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool plain weave with white-striped warps floating on back to form designs; cross-knit loop stitch (edge)
Dimensions
23.5 x 20 cm (9 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2579
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: pinkish red wool, and cream white cotton. Weft: pinkish red wool and cream white cotton. Design: narrow stripes of red and white, broken by rows of small red triangles formed by dropping white warps and using only red warps with stripes of red weft. Embroidered binding of red, blue, and yellow wool.
ProvenanceBy 1920, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1835 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1921, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1921)
NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.
NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.