Advanced Search 
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: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (15 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number31.707
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLight brown cotton cloth, with all-over design of small lozenges, each framing a conventionalized bird, woven with neutral violet wool. Alternate vertical rows of lozenges are woven with crimson 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)