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Appliqué

Date: A.D. 1000–1476

Accession Number: 31.710

Bag

Date: A.D. 1000–1476

Accession Number: 52.482

Cap with human-hair braids

Date: AD 500-900

Accession Number: 1996.8

Carpet

Date: 17th century or later

Accession Number: 1970.502

Cover

Date: late 17th to early 18th century

Accession Number: 11.1264

Cover

Date: 18th century or later

Accession Number: 1975.334

Featherwork tunic front

Date: A.D. 400–800

Accession Number: 60.253

Figural sculpture

Date: A.D. 1000–1476

Accession Number: 78.103

Four-cornered hat

Date: A.D. 700–900

Accession Number: 47.1096

Fragments of a hanging

Date: about A.D. 200

Accession Number: 67.313a-d

Hanging

Date: A.D. 1000–1476

Accession Number: 1970.30

Head tie with pendants

Date: about A.D. 300 (?)

Accession Number: 30.248a-b

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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.