Woman's dress (anacu)
Peruvian, Inca
before 1500
Object Place: Peru
Dimensions
Height x width: 172.8 x 195.6 cm (68 1/16 x 77 in.) (without including the tails)
Accession Number
2007.1157
Medium or Technique
Cotton plain weave
Not On View
Collections
Americas, Textiles and Fashion Arts
Classifications
Large dress made of two lengths of fabric stitched together down the center, each of natural brown cotton with a wide stripe of white cotton at the sides.
Provenance
1978, sold by a collector in Lima, Peru to David and Maria Paly, Gig Harbor, WA; 2007, year-end gift of David and Maria Paly to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 23, 2008)
Credit Line
Gift of David and Marita Paly