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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)
Group shot: 16.30, 16.34, 16.39
A.D. 50–100
Textile fragment
A.D. 1000–1476
Group shot: 78.107a-c
1000–1476
Tunic
A.D. 500–1476
Bag
about A.D. 500
Loincloth end
A.D. 1000–1476
Man's cap
late 19th–20th century