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Cloth
Peruvian, Coastal, Trujillo, Chimu
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Probably Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave with supplementary weft
Dimensions
7 x 5 cm (2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 102.0 x 89.0 cm
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number47.1086
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRectangular ornamental pieces of tapestry with arch of woven fringe sewed on the top and three elongated tassels across the bottom of each piece, (some of the tassels missing); crimson wool ground with stylized man woven with blue, green, crimson, pink, yellow, and white wool, recently mounted on sheer loosely woven brown cotton with border on two sides of yellow, pink, neutral violet wool stripes and line of cats woven with neutral violet wool. (Note: applied medallions not original, probably Late Middle Horizon, North Coast)
Provenance1941/1942, probably acquired in South America by Roland Terry (b. 1917 - d. 2006), Seattle; 1947, sold by Roland Terry to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)