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Border fragment
Peruvian (Huarmey)
Late Middle Horizon–early Late Intermediate
A.D. 500–1476
Object Place: Peru, Huarmey, North-Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool slit tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 9 1/4 x 2 3/16 in. (23.5 x 5.5 cm)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number24.301
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: cotton, 15 to cm. Weft: wool. Design: a row of fantastic many-headed animals woven with light blue, crimson and yellow wool on a ground originally bluish violet, now neutral brown. An openwork edge of coarser tapestry, perhaps intended to represent a row of animals' heads, woven with red wool.
ProvenanceMFA purchase from Mr. Walter Wyman, 44 West 44th Street, New York, New York, June 5, 1924