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Headband
Headband

Headband

A.D. 500–800
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueCotton larkshead knotted ground with supplementary cut pile
DimensionsHeight x circumference: 11.6 x 60.3 cm (4 9/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMrs. Cabot's Special Fund
Accession number47.1088
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)
Headband
A.D. 500–800
Four-cornered hat
A.D. 700–900
Length of silk for sash (obi)
18th or 19th century
Rug
Ilums Bolighus (Danish department store)
about 1960–65
Fragment of carpet
late 18th or early 19th century
Chair panel
first quarter 18th century
Altar frontal
1800–50
Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century