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Warp: light brown cotton, 7 to cm. Weft: wool and a little cotton. Design: step-sided diamonds woven with crimson, and neutral yellow wool, and white cotton, on a yellow wool ground. Yellow wool fringe sewed on ground. (Note: fringe band may not be original.)
Provenance
Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA, 1930
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Jackson Holmes
Peruvian, Late Intermediate, A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place
Probably Central Coast, Peru
Dimensions
Height x width: 7 1/2 x 13 9/16 in. (19 x 34.5 cm)
Accession Number
30.258
Medium or Technique
Cotton and wool slit tapestry weave