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Detail
Border fragment
Paracas
Early Horizon
200 B.C.–0
Object Place: Peru, South Coast
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave with stem-stitch embroidery
Dimensions
240 x 14 cm (94 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number31.901
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: very brittle cloth. Design: vertical row of owl-like birds worked with wool. The ground is worked solidly in pink, the birds in green, dark blue, and yellow. A fringe edges two ends and one side.
Provenance1931, sold by Guillermo R. Schmidt-Pizarro (b. about 1881 - d. about 1960), Anglo-South American Trust Co., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 15, 1931)