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Mantle fragment

A.D. 1000–1476
Object PlaceChimu, North Coast, Peru
Medium/TechniqueWool and cotton brocaded plain weave with spaced warps and wefts, supplemental threads wrapped around woven squares; weft-faced plain weave with supplemental weft patterning (lower border); tapestry (side borders); layered fringe
Dimensions209 x 133 cm (82 5/16 x 52 3/8 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number1980.211
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased by MFA from Edward H. Merrin, Gallery, Inc., 724 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, June 18, 1980.