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Mantle border
Chancay
Late Intermediate
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Wool and cotton plain weave; slit tapestry (border)
Dimensions
15.5 x 39 cm (6 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number52.480
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBand with row of small stylized birds woven with red, blue, black, white, neutral yellow, and yellowish-green wools on a yellow wool ground, above this small triangles with steps on one side, woven with wool with design of small conventional figures, woven with pink, black, blue, dark violet, white and yellow wool on yellow ground, remains of tapestry woven fringe across bottom; torn.
ProvenancePurchased by MFA from A. V. Harringer, 2124 South Beverly Glen, Los Angeles, California, May 15, 1952.