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Fragment

Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Probably North-Central Coast

Medium/Technique Cotton and wool slit tapestry
Dimensions 52 x 39 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Betty Bartlett McAndrew
Accession Number1986.504
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionWarp: cotton, S-spun. Weft: wool, S-spun. Design of diagonal rows of pink, brown, white and gold squares woven in slit tapestry, highly conventionalized animal figure in each square woven in contrasting gold, brown or blue yarns.
ProvenanceBequest of Betty Bartlett McAndrew to MFA, October 22, 1986.