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Fragment
Peruvian
Late Middle Horizon
A.D. 500–800
Object Place: Peru, South Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool plain weave with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Height x width: 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (19 x 8 cm)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number31.708
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLight brown cotton cloth, with all-over design of small lozenges each framing a conventionalized bird, woven with crimson wool. Alternate vertical rows of lozenges are woven with a crimson wool ground, the bird remaining in plain cloth. An ornamental rolled edge is embroidered or woven on one side.
Provenance1931, sold by Guillermo R. Schmidt-Pizarro (b. about 1881 - d. about 1960), Anglo-South American Trust Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 3, 1931)