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Tunic or poncho
Peruvian, Chancay Period
Late Intermediate Period
A.D. 1000–1476
Object Place: Peru, North Coast
Medium/Technique
Wool (camelid) and cotton slit and dovetailed tapestry
Dimensions
54.5 x 96.5 cm (21 7/16 x 38 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number47.1093
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSmall poncho, ground divided into checkerboard of plain bright yellow rectangles and black rectangles in design of highly conventionalized small-scale bird motifs, alternately bright yellow and bright pinkish-red; borders on two long sides of scrolls of conventionalized birds in two shades of bright pinkish-red, flanked by narrow brown, yellow, and red stripes. Cotton warps, wool wefts.
Provenance1941/1942, probably acquired in South America by Roland Terry (b. 1917 - d. 2006), Seattle; 1947, sold by Roland Terry to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)