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Fragment
Peruvian
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool; slit tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 8 7/16 x 8 7/16 in. (21.5 x 21.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number30.255
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: light brown cotton, 10 to cm. Weft: wool and a little cotton. Design: lozenges connected vertically, each bearing a conventionalized bird. The birds are woven with yellow wool in several shades, the lozenge frame is dark yellow, the background of the lozenges yellow and two shades of crimson, running in diagonal bands. The birds' eyes are white cotton outlined with crimson wool. Across the top is a band of interlocking fret motifs woven with yellow and crimson wool and white cotton. Edged with a fringe of yellow wool.
ProvenanceGift of Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA, 1930