Alpaca cloth border

DateCirca 50-100 C.E.

Mediumwool

Dimensions1 3/4 × 19 1/4 in. (4.4 × 48.9 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.1369

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionFragmentary embroidered border strip from a mantle or skirt, with the repeating polychrome animal pattern illustrating whales. Of Alpaca wool.ProvenanceHurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 09/06/1995. Early Intermediate Period, Phase 1B. Lit: Stone-Miller, Rebecca., et al. "To Weave for the Sun, Andean Textiles in the Museum of Fine Arts," Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1992. See also: Bird, Junius P. "Paracas Fabrics and Nasca Needlework," Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1954, where no repeating animal patterns are exampled.

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