Panel
A.D. 500–700
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueCamelid fiber and cotton tapestry weave (predominately interlocking)
Dimensions70.5 x 117 cm (27 3/4 x 46 1/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Potter Kling Fund
Accession number1996.50
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceBy about 1970, private American collection [see note]; by about 1995/1996, sold by this collection to Arte Textil, San Francisco; 1996, sold by Arte Textil to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 27, 1996)
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of acquisition, "the person who sold this textile ... informed me that the Wari panel has been in their private collection in the United States for well over twenty five (25) years."
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of acquisition, "the person who sold this textile ... informed me that the Wari panel has been in their private collection in the United States for well over twenty five (25) years."
1000–1476
900–1530
A.D. 1000–1400
1000–1476
A.D. 50–100
19th century
Late 19th century
1981
1984
mid 20th century
A.D. 1000–1476
700–0 B.C.