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  • Belt (Russia), late 19th century

    Ribbon belt in silver cloth with black silk strips and figures. Six convex buttons and two-part buckle ornamented in scrolling stem and leaf design and the word “Kavkaz” (Caucasus) in…

  • Textile (Russia)

    Floral serpentines brocaded in colored silks on background of gold and silver arranged in vertical stripes.

  • Capelet (Russia), 18th century

    Part of a garment made from silver brocade with salmon-colored silk ruffles and lined with twill in natural wool.

  • 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.…

  • Textile (Russia), 18th century

    Diagonal repeat of large symmetrical tulip-like flowers with smaller tulip and broad-toothed leaves on either side of stem. Diamond rosette diaper filling interstices. In tarnished white metal threads in plain…

  • 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…

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