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Mantle fragment
Chimu or Chimu-influenced
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, North-Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool slit tapestry
Dimensions
56 x 47 cm (22 1/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number52.484
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWarp brown cotton, weft wool, design of stylized human and bird figures, woven with several shades of yellow wool, pink, neutral green and white wool on crimson wool ground; badly stained with center almost entirely rotted away; warp fringe across upper end, short looped warp fringe at lower end.
ProvenancePurchased by MFA from A. V. Harringer, 2124 South Beverly Glen, Los Angeles, California, May 15, 1952.