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Loincloth

200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueCotton and wool plain weave with stem stitch embroidery
Dimensions131.5 x 86 cm (51 3/4 x 33 7/8 in.)
Ties: approximately 88 x 5 cm (34 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.); 91 x 5 (13 13/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number21.2559
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
Restricted: For reference only
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