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  • Band (Peru), ca. 1000–1200

    Strip of un-dyed cotton cloth with band containing angular scrolls in cloth weave on twined background; guard strips; cord selvage on one side, to which is hand-sewn fringed border.

  • Tassel (Peru), 1000–1200

    Large tassel with long heavy twisted red wool fringes and wool yarn stretched in 1/4″ band of white, red, green, yellow over the top of the core, and a thick…

  • Band (Peru), 11th–12th century

    Long narrow wool band with series of “S” repeats, series of angular scroll repeats, and series of rectangular repeats made up of triangles, in dark green, red, white; framed top…

  • Turban Band, Turban Band, 11th–12th century

    Narrow slit tapestry strip with adjacent diagonal stepped repeats in white, rose reds, browns, golden yellow. One end finished with attached long tassel of brown wool yarns joined at top…

  • Band (Peru), 1000–1200

    Narrow woolen tape with simplified “S” repeats, sometimes turning into scrolls, sometimes with single curve; replaced 1/3 way through with strip of five diamonds with dot in center of each.…

  • Mantle Fragment (Peru), 400–100 BC

    Fragment of a mantle with close-set horizontal rows of stylized warriors’ heads, each with different headdress and color combinations. In the top row, upright front-facing heads alternate with upside down…

  • Sugar Bowl And Lid (USA), 1825–50

    Ovoid body on spreading foot, with bead edging and fret band; two scrolled handles. Cover in concave tiers, with figure of standing Chinese holding a bamboo staff. Engraved on one…

  • Sugar Bowl And Lid (Italy), ca. 1800

    Four-lobed oval plan with curved walls. Four-lobed dome cover with knob shape of a hip and leaf. Blue-gray body. Bowl and cover each decorated with two oval medallions with polychromed…

  • Fragment (Peru), 1450–1535

    Band of very fine brown wool tapestry with broad band below of weft-surfaced rectangles in red, brown, yellow, with overlaying diamond framework (stylized snakes) in these colors on contrasting fields.…

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