Fragments of a hanging

Paracas-Nasca transition

Early Intermediate Period

about A.D. 200

Object Place: Peru, South Coast

Medium/Technique Wool plain weave with discontinuous warps and wefts

Dimensions 69.9 x 113.6 cm (27 1/2 x 44 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Edwin E. Jack Fund

Accession Number67.313a-d

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionElaborate arrangement of men with feline faces, snake appendages, etc.

Provenance1967, sold by John Wise, Ltd., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1967)