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Textile (Peru), ca. 700 BC

This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 700 BC and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is cotton, wool brocading and its technique is plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft (brocade). It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 40.6 x 47 cm (16 in. x 18 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile (Peru), ca. 700 BC; cotton, wool brocading; Warp x Weft: 40.6 x 47 cm (16 in. x 18 1/2 in.); Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer; 1981-28-476

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