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Peruvian
late 19th or early 20th century
Medium/Technique
Wool double cloth and braided
Dimensions
16.5 x 177.5 cm (6 1/2 x 69 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2576
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWarp: wool, in colors to form pattern. Weft: brown wool, covered by warp. Design: double cloth, small geometric animal, bird, and human figures, on one side cream white on red ground striped with green and violet, on the other side striped figures on white ground. Warp forms braided fringe on each end. There is no selvedge the weft running round and round.
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.