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Garment fragment
Rimac (?)
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool slit tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 11 x 16 9/16 in. (28 x 42 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number30.257
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWarp: light brown cotton, 9 to cm. Weft: wool and cotton. Design: rows of conventionalized fish woven with light brown, and pinkish brown wool and white cotton, on a neutral brown ground. Conventionalized birds woven with the same colors, appear on the curved border on each side.
ProvenanceGift of Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA, 1930