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Tunic fragment
Wari
Middle Horizon
A.D. 500–800
Object Place: Peru, Probably South Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool interlocked tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.5 x 50.5 cm)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number31.705
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWarp: white cotton, 12 to cm. Weft: wool. Design: sections of human and animal forms, highly conventionalized and set together to form a mosaic of yellow, brown, pink, deep pink, light and dark blue, green black and white. Along one side there is a band of plain yellow wool, with a small portion edged with corded selvedge.
Provenance1931, sold by Guillermo R. Schmidt-Pizarro (b. about 1881 - d. about 1960), Anglo-South American Trust Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 3, 1931)