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Border fragment
Wari-related
Late Middle Horizon
A.D. 500–800
Object Place: Peru
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool slit tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 2 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (7 x 32 cm)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number24.304
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: cotton, running in groups of three from cotton cloth, 7 to cm. Weft: wool. Design: row of conventionalized human heads, with elaborate headdress, woven with neutral yellow pink and green, on a brown wool ground. Discolored.
ProvenanceMFA purchase from Mr. Walter Wyman, 44 West 44th Street, New York, New York, June 5, 1924