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Fragment with border

A.D. 1000–1476
Object PlaceCentral Coast, Peru
Medium/TechniqueCotton and wool slit and dovetailed tapestry with eccentric wefts; complimentary weft
DimensionsHeight x width: 16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (41 x 55 cm)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number21.2567
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
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.
Tapestry bands
7th–8th century A.D.
Cover
mid-18th century or later
Tapestry: Cover
17th century or later
Fragment of a strip
A.D. 1000–1476
Loincloth
A.D. 1000–1476
Loincloth
A.D. 1000–1476
Fragment with a tapestry roundel
8th–10th century A.D.
Tapestry medallion
5th–6th century
Fragment of a square medallion
5th–7th century A.D.
Two fragments of band
5th–7th century A.D.