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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.226
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Border Fragment
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
17th-18th century
Places
Creation Place: South America, Peru
Culture
Peruvian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214809

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wool tapestry
Technique
Woven
Dimensions
13.3 x 163.5 cm (5 1/4 x 64 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1927
Object Number
1927.226
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Long, narrow red band woven with "mermaid" figures and flowering vines in which are birds and monkeys.

Verification Level

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