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Carrying cloth or garment
Peruvian (or Bolivian)
early 20th century
Medium/Technique
Wool
Dimensions
62 x 91.5 cm (24 7/16 x 36 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number27.460
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCarrying cloth or garment, made from two pieces sewed together. Warp: wool, in colors to form pattern. Weft: dark brown wool covered by warp. Design: wide pink stripes, narrow pink, green, and greenish blue stripes, with figured stripes woven with blue, white, pink, and yellow wool.
ProvenanceSaid to come from Aymará (Colla) Indians.