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Tunic

1476–1534
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueWool interlocked tapestry; cross-knit loop-stitch embroidery (over hem); figure-8-stitch embroidery (over side seams); running-stitch embroidery (above hem)
Dimensions84.5 x 78 cm (33 1/4 x 30 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number47.1097
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1941/1942, probably acquired in South America by Roland Terry (b. 1917 - d. 2006), Seattle; 1947, sold by Roland Terry to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)
Skirt
A.D. 50–100
Textile fragment
A.D. 1000–1476
Tunic
A.D. 500–1476
early 20th century
Bag
about A.D. 500
Loincloth end
A.D. 1000–1476
17th–19th century
Man's cap
late 19th–20th century
18th century