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Loincloth

200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueCotton and wool plain weave with stem-stitch embroidery
Dimensions120.8 x 76 cm (47 9/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Ties: approximately 61 x 6 cm (24 x 2 3/8 in.); 105 x 6 cm (41 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number21.2560
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.
Poncho fragment
0–A.D. 100
Mantle fragment
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Loincloth
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Loincloth
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Mantle fragment
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Group shot: 16.30, 16.34, 16.39
A.D. 50–100
A.D. 100–200
100 B.C.–A.D. 100
Poncho
0–A.D. 200
Skirt
A.D. 0–100
Skirt
200 B.C.–A.D. 200