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Border fragment
Border fragment

Border fragment

about 500 B.C.
Object PlaceProbably from Ocucaje, Ica Valley, Peru
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave, two-faced triple-cloth band
Dimensions11.4 x 6 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineMrs. Samuel Cabot's Special Fund
Accession number47.1084
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1930s, probably acquired in Peru by Walram von Schoeler (b. 1904), New York [see note]; 1947, sold by Walram von Schoeler to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)

NOTE: Baron Walram-Voystingus von Schoeler traveled to and conducted archaeological excavations in Peru around the 1930s. Newspaper accounts from the 1940s indicate that he lectured in the U.S. on his time in Peru and exhibited objects from his collection.