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Loincloth end

Date: A.D. 1000–1476

Accession Number: 10.266

Loincloth end panel

Date: A.D. 1000–1476

Accession Number: 1977.130

Man's poncho

Date: 100 B.C.–0

Accession Number: 31.496

Mantle

Date: A.D. 100–200

Accession Number: 16.33

Mantle

Date: 0–A.D. 100

Accession Number: 1972.353

Mantle

Date: A.D. 700–900

Accession Number: 1983.252

Mantle or shroud

Date: about A.D. 1550

Accession Number: 1988.325

Pair of miniature shoes

Date: A.D. 1000–1476

Accession Number: 1975.662a-b

Panel

Date: A.D. 500–700

Accession Number: 1996.50

Textile fragment

Date: A.D. 1000–1476

Accession Number: 35.1126

Tunic

Date: 1476–1534

Accession Number: 47.1097

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Peruvian Textiles

The MFA’s collection of Peruvian textiles, dating from 500 BCE to the present, is among the finest in the world. Textile production in early Andean culture was unparalleled; the extensive labor involved in gathering, preparing and dyeing fibers; the innovation of weavers who pushed beyond constraints of the loom; and the technical virtuosity are achievements not evident anywhere outside of Peru. Techniques such as discontinuous warp and weft, double cloth, triple cloth, sprang twining, and looping demonstrate a level of sophistication that remains unsurpassed. The investment of labor and the value placed on complexity underscore the primacy of textiles in a society that was dedicated to fiber as its preeminent form of aesthetic expression.