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Mantle border fragment
Peruvian (Paracas)
Early Intermediate, Phase 1
0–A.D. 100
Object Place: Peru, Paracas, South Coast
Medium/Technique
Wool plain weave with stem-stitch embroidery, fringe
Dimensions
22 x 79 cm (8 11/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2557
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: purplish black woolen cloth. Design of pampas cats with heads at each end of their bodies, with trophy heads caught in whiskers, worked with wool. The colors are dark green, dark yellow, dark blue, and cream white. Fringe is attached to narrow band of embroidery which looks like knitting.
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.