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Cloth weaving (warp pattern)
Bolivian
19th century
Medium/Technique
Wool
Dimensions
99.2 x 67.5 cm (39 1/16 x 26 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number27.459
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCarrying cloth, made of two pieces sewed together. Warp: wool, in colors to form pattern. Weft: dark brown wool covered by warp. Design: stripes of dark blue, dark neutral violet, and reddish violet, some stripes figured with birds and geometric ornament woven with white wool. Narrow blue band with reddish violet fringe sewed around edge.
ProvenanceSaid to come from Aymará (Colla) Indians.