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Loincloth
Peruvian (Paracas)
Early Horizon-Early Intermediate Period
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Object Place: Peru, Paracas, South Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool plain weave with stem-stitch embroidery
Dimensions
120.4 x 74 cm (47 3/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Ties: approximately 51 x 5.5 cm (20 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.); 24 x 5.5 cm (9 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Ties: approximately 51 x 5.5 cm (20 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.); 24 x 5.5 cm (9 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2561
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: light neutral brown cotton. Design: narrow border on three sides worked with wool,decorated with conventionalized figures holding ceremonial staves, from which hang trophy heads. The ground of the border is green, the other colors are neutral yellows light and dark blue, pink, red, and cream white. Fringe of knotted cords on three sides.
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.