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Peruvian
Late Horizon
1476–1534
Object Place: Peru, South Coast
Medium/Technique
Cotton and wool double cloth; oblique interlaced human hair with wrapping
Dimensions
16.3 x 14.8 cm (6 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number31.709
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWarp: crimson wool and light neutral cotton. Weft: crimson wool, and light neutral cotton. (The warp almost covers the weft). Design: rectangles of crimson wool each bearing a conventionalized bird or animal woven with light neutral cotton, which alternate in a somewhat irregular manner with similar rectangles in which the colors are reversed. To one corner of the top of the bag a braid of human hair is attached. (Note: may be a composite)
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: September 3, 1931)