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Peruvian
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Probably South Coast, Nasca area

Medium/Technique Cotton dovetailed tapestry
Dimensions Height x width: 12 3/8 x 16 15/16 in. (31.5 x 43 cm)
Credit Line Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession Number42.453
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionPiece of tapestry, wool wefts, cotton warps, highly conventionalized fish design.
ProvenanceCollection Rafael Larco Herrera. Purchased by MFA from Dr. Constantino Malinovsky, 259 West Newton Street, Boston, Massachusetts, October 8, 1942.