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Girdle

late 19th or early 20th century
Medium/TechniqueWool double cloth and braided
Dimensions16.5 x 177.5 cm (6 1/2 x 69 7/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number21.2576
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.
Head tie with pendants
about A.D. 300 (?)
Bag
19th century
Bag
1476–1534
Bag
A.D. 1000–1476
Fragment of a garment
A.D. 1000–1476
Pouch (?)
about A.D. 1000
Group shot: 2017.4398.1-6
Rei Kawakubo
Autumn/Winter 2009–2010
Piece of sash or girdle (?)
17th–18th century
Mantle fragment
A.D. 1000–1476