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Tunic Fragment
A.D. 600–1000
Cotton and natural dye
42 1/2 × 39 in. (108 × 99.1 cm)
framed: 46 1/2 × 44 1/4 × 2 in. (118.1 × 112.4 × 5.1 cm)
framed: 46 1/2 × 44 1/4 × 2 in. (118.1 × 112.4 × 5.1 cm)
Gift of Georgia and Michael de Havenon, B.A. 1962
2019.10.2
Geography:
Peru
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Andes, Southern Highlands, Wari
Period:
Middle Horizon
Classification:
Apparel/Costume
Provenance:
ex-collection Michael and Georgia De Havenon
Bibliography:
Sotheby’s France, Paris, Le Soleil de Nuit : Trésors Précolombiens dune Grande Collection Française, sale cat. (October 30, 2019), 42–47, fig. lot 21.
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