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Skirt

200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave with stem-stitch embroidery; oblique interlacing (straps)
Dimensions55 x 265 cm (21 5/8 x 104 5/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number21.2581
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 1920, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1835 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1921, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1921)

NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.
Group shot: 16.30, 16.34, 16.39
A.D. 50–100
Cap and human hair braids
A.D. 500–800 or later
Headband
20th century
A.D. 100–200
Poncho fragment
0–A.D. 100
100 B.C.–A.D. 100
Poncho
0–A.D. 200
Skirt
A.D. 0–100
Mantle fragment
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Mantle fragment
200 B.C.–A.D. 200