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Peru, Southern Andes

Large Hanging with Crown and Escutcheon, c. 1700

Cotton and wool (presumably camelid hair), single interlocking tapestry weave with eccentric wefts
347.55 x 352.43 cm (136 3/4 x 138 3/4 in.)
Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund, 1979.507