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 viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenancePurchased by MFA from Edward H. Merrin, Gallery, Inc., 724 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, June 18, 1980.
A.D. 1000–1476
A.D. 1100–1476
about 1850
18th century
17th–18th century
18th century
before 1922
about 1835
1000–1476
early 20th century