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Appliqué for a tunic
Peruvian (Lambayeque)
Early Late Intermediate Period
about A.D. 1000
Object Place: Peru, Lambayeque, North Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool slit tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 7 11/16 x 3 15/16 in. (19.5 x 10 cm)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number24.278
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWarp: cotton, 6 to cm. Weft: wool and cotton. Design: very much conventionalized human figure with flaring head-dress woven with brown wool, brown, light brown and blue cotton. Loops of light brown cotton decorate head-dress, and ornaments woven with blue cotton and yellowish brown wool hang at each side of face which is woven with brown cotton (white cotton eyes). The rest of the figure is woven with brown and blue cotton, and greenish brown and yellowish brown wool.
ProvenanceMFA purchase from Mr. Walter Wyman, 44 West 44th Street, New York, New York, June 5, 1924