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Fragment
Peruvian
Early Late Intermediate Period
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Lambayeque, North Coast
Medium/Technique
Wool slit tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 7 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (20 x 11.5 cm)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number50.656
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLight beige wool warps and green, blue, golden-yellow, cocoa and light beige wool wefts. Shows a man in elaborate broad headdress with outstretched arms holding in each hand a fan and trophy head (?) Pile weave at ankles. Long slits. Selvedges along two sides; ends cut. Resembling pieces in the Berlin collection.
ProvenancePurchased by MFA from Paul Bernheimer, 431 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, April 13, 1950.