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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
120.8 x 76 cm (47 9/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Ties: approximately 61 x 6 cm (24 x 2 3/8 in.); 105 x 6 cm (41 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Ties: approximately 61 x 6 cm (24 x 2 3/8 in.); 105 x 6 cm (41 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2560
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: light neutral brown cotton. Design: narrow border on three sides worked with wool in crewel stitch, decorated with conventionalized birds. The ground of the border is worked solidly with dark neutral violet ground, the other colors are red, green, yellow, and cream white. Fringe on three sides of knotted cords.
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.