Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Belt (Peru), 19th–20th century

  Double-faced belt with continuous stylized design of birds and rosettes widely spaced on band. Blue-green on dark red with opposite on the reverse. Red and white borders with purple edges.…

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  Chuspa (coca Bag) (Peru), 20th century

  Small flat pouch in teardrop shape knitted in bright colors with horizontal bands. At top, cord for fastening to belt. Trimmed with brightly colored wool fringe.

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  Pair Of Garters (Peru), 19th–20th century

  Pair of leg bands of narrow strips of wool cloth with small figures of various bright colors patterned in white warps.

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  Hat (Peru), 20th century

  Child’s close-fitting knit cap in bright turquoise with stripes of red, pink, white with black edge. Ear tabs and cords for fastening.

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  Pair Of Socks (Peru), 20th century

  Pair of child’s knitted socks in bright red wool; ankle length with turned cuff; design of children’s figures, hand-in-hand, in blue, pink and white.

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  Pair Of Socks (Peru), 20th century

  Pair of child’s knitted socks with bright blue feet. Horizontal bands with figures of boys and girls, stylized birds with spread wings in red, pink, white and green.

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  Mantle Fragment (Peru), 8th–10th century

  Fragment of a Peruvian tapestry-woven mantle with a rich ochre ground and three wide bands with highly stylized animal motifs in shades of blue, green, tan, white, black, and red,…

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  Fragment (Peru), 1000

  Coarse natural cotton with broad band divided top, center, and bottom with ribbed stripe. Large areas between with amorphous lozenges in black, blue and browns.

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  Fragment (Peru), ca. 1000

  Tabby weave with crossing bands of double-faced weft patterning. Brown and white plaid effect crossed at intervals by narrow brown ribbed bands with blue continuous scroll.

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  Fragment (Peru), before 1500

  Pleain tabby. Very small windowpane check in two tans on once-white ground.