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Beyond Knotting: Wari and Inka Tunics from the Collection
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April 2–August 18, 2019 | This installation examines the relationship between two components of the Andean woven world: tunics and khipus.
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Written in Knots: Undeciphered Accounts of Andean Life
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Textiles,
Pre-Columbian Collection,
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April 2–August 18, 2019 | Long before the arrival of the Spaniards, the people of South America had a system of recorded information that was portable, ...
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Outside/IN: Martha Jackson Jarvis at Dumbarton Oaks
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Garden and Landscape,
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February 20–September 2, 2018 (museum) / December 16, 2018 (gardens)
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Early Byzantine Furnishing Textiles and Pre-Columbian Dress
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August 2017–July 2018 | This textile rotation features late Roman and early Byzantine hangings and curtains alongside Andean looped and woven garments.
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Seeing Cherries
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Rare Book Collection,
Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies,
Special Exhibition,
Garden and Landscape
March 14–July 2018 | Drawing from the Rare Book and Ephemera Collections, this exhibit traces the story of cherry blossoms in Japan and the United States and ...
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Encountering Ancient America: Machu Picchu in Popular Culture, 1911–1965
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Ephemera Collection,
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February–April 2018 | This exhibit recounts how outsiders appropriated Machu Picchu for divergent and often contradictory purposes, in the process turning this ...
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Early Acquisitions: Bliss Collecting in Paris and London, 1912–1919
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April 25, 2017–August 2018 | This selection of objects explores the taste and acquisitions of Robert and Mildred Bliss when they lived in Paris.
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Outside/IN: Martha Jackson Jarvis at Dumbarton Oaks
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February 20–September 2, 2018 (museum) and March 15–December 16, 2018 (gardens) | This installation of mixed-media sculpture and works on paper, all inspired ...
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