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Chancay
Late Intermediate Period
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Central Coast, Peru
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave double cloth
Dimensions
35.5 x 26 cm (14 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number52.482
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDouble cloth woven of brown and white cotton, design made up of rectangular areas of all--over patterns including zig-zag, wave, interlocking birds, and animal head designs, birds in lozenge frame, human heads in rows, small animals in diagonal bands.
Provenance1952, sold by A. V. Harringer, Los Angeles, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 15, 1952)