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Peruvian
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru

Medium/Technique Cotton and wool plain weave with supplementary wefts
Dimensions Height x width: 18 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (48 x 17.5 cm)
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number24.315
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionLight neutral cotton cloth with crosses separated by bands of yellow wool, woven with neutral violet wool, white cotton, and a little crimson wool. Across the bottom two bands of interlocking frets woven with neutral violet crimson, and yellow wool, and white cotton.
ProvenanceMFA purchase from Mr. Walter Wyman, 44 West 44th Street, New York, New York, June 5, 1924