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Fragment
Peruvian
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton double cloth
Dimensions
Height x width: 12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (31.5 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2569
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: brown cotton, cream white cotton, and light neutral brown cotton. Weft: brown cotton, cream white cotton and light neutral brown cotton. Design: rows of conventionalized pelican-like birds, with smaller birds in the spaces between. One part is woven with dark brown and cream white cotton, in the other part with the same design, light neutral brown cotton replaces the cream white cotton.
ProvenanceBy 1920, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1835 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1921, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1921)
NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.
NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.