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Painted cap with tassel

Peruvian
19th century

Medium/Technique Wool knit with tassel
Dimensions 30.5 x 24.5 cm (12 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2573
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionMaterial: wool. Colors: cream white, red, reddish orange, green, with a little blue, and reddish violet. Design: horizontal bands of geometric figures, mainly animals, in cream white on a striped ground.
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.