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Hanging or mantle
Nasca, South Coast, Peru
Middle Horizon
A.D. 400–600
Place of Creation: Peru
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave with discontinuous warps and wefts
Dimensions
Height x width: 30 x 72 in. (76.2 x 182.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard Bernstein and Jane Holmes Bernstein
Accession Number2007.1132
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile shawl or mantle with a bold brown-black geometric step design against a beige background, with black fringe on two ends.
ProvenanceBy 1981, sold by the Merrin Gallery, New York, to Leonard and Jane Bernstein, Brookline, MA; 2007, year-end gift of Leonard and Jane Bernstein to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 23, 2008)