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Headband

A.D. 500–800
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueCotton larkshead knotted ground with supplementary cut pile
DimensionsHeight x circumference: 4.8 x 63.7 cm (1 7/8 x 25 1/16 in.)
Credit LineMrs. Cabot's Special Fund
Accession number47.1089
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
Fragment of carpet
late 18th or early 19th century
Rug
Ilums Bolighus (Danish department store)
about 1960–65
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Chair panel
first quarter 18th century
Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century