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Tunic fragment (lower border)

Peruvian (Nasca)
Middle Horizon, Phase 1, Nasca 9
A.D. 500–800
Object Place: Peru, Nasca area, South Coast

Medium/Technique Cotton and wool plain weave with embroidery
Dimensions Height x width: 11 13/16 x 2 3/8 in. (30 x 6 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number30.245
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionGround: brown cotton. Design: geometric figures worked with yellow wool outlined with black, and black outlined with blue on pink wool ground. Stained.
ProvenanceGift of Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA, 1930