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Border fragment
Peruvian
Late Intermediate Period
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Probably Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Wool and cotton slit tapestry
Dimensions
20.4 x 105.5 cm (8 1/16 x 41 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number30.260
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of border (two pieces sewed together). Warp: cotton, 7 to cm. Weft: wool. Design: interlocking angular bird's heads, in tawny yellow, black, and bluish black with pink outlines. Narrow pink, violet and tawny yellow stripes above and below. Yellow tab fringe tipped with dark brown. Brittle and stained.
ProvenanceGift of Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA, 1930