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Strap end

Peruvian
Early Late Intermediate Period
about A.D. 1000
Object Place: Peru, Probably Central Coast

Medium/Technique Cotton and wool plain weave; double cloth
Dimensions Height x width: 3 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (8.5 x 34 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Edward W. Hooper
Accession Number78.96
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDesign: one end tight cotton squares on a pink wool ground with a conventionalized cat motive in each square woven with pink wool, at the other end the pink wool warp has been cut away, the cotton warp woven with cotton weft forms a plain cotton cloth.
ProvenanceGift of Edward W. Hooper to MFA, 1878