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Cloth weaving (warp pattern)
Bolivian
19th century
Medium/Technique
Wool
Dimensions
104 x 97 cm (40 15/16 x 38 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number21.2570
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCarrying cloth or garment, made of two pieces sewed together. Warp: wool in many colors to form pattern. Weft: dark brown wool, covered by warp. Design: two wide bands of plain dark brown, narrow stripes of cream white, pink, red, green, orange, and violet, with figured stripes with the same colors. The wider stripes are double cloth.
ProvenanceBy 1920, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1835 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1921, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1921)
NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.
NOTE: First lent by Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1920.