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Skirt
Peruvian (Paracas)
Early Horizon-Early Intermediate Period
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Object Place: Peru, Paracas, South Coast
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave with stem-stitch embroidery; oblique interlacing (straps)
Dimensions
55 x 265 cm (21 5/8 x 104 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2581
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: dark woolen cloth. Design: a narrow border across one end and along one side made up of angular elongated cats of various sizes fitting into each other, the cats are blue and yellow, the ground of the border pink. A fringe of pink blue and yellow edges the embroidery on the side. Fringed tapes probably used to keep the shawl in place by their weight.
ProvenanceBy 1920, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1835 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1921, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1921)
NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.
NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.