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Tapestry: Cover
Peruvian
Colonial
late 16th century or later
Object Place: Peru
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool interlocked and dovetail tapestry with eccentric welts
Dimensions
Overall: 256.2 x 200.3 cm (100 7/8 x 78 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number04.123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: cotton. Weft: wool. Design: main field blue covered by crimson lattice with conventional designs in the square reminiscent of early Nazca and Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) motives; ground of main border dark red, with animals (viscachas?) and birds in conventionalized foliage, inner and outer floral borders, colors blue, red, yellow, green and white.
ProvenanceGift of Denman Waldo Ross to MFA, February 11, 1904.