DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Fragment of a Mantle
NameMantle Fragment
CultureNasca/Wari
Date500 - 800
Place madePeru, South America
MediumWool, dyes
Dimensions54 × 33 in. (137.16 × 83.82 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1273
Object numberA.1995.93.1273
DescriptionMantle fragment; plain weave with a discontinuous warp and weft; colors are black, red, gray-brown, yellow. Design has serrated, zig-zag lines of color.
600 - 900
700 - 1000
late 18th-19th century
1100 - 1400
