Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0062 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Shawl | |
| Culture | Highland Quechuan | |
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Peru | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Puno, Carabaya Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Macusani | |
| Maker's Name | Wife of Jesus Qowa | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp and weft: alpaca wool; Cotton cloth; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular shawl worn by a woman or young girl, probably woven on a 4-stake horizontal loom; Shawl is woven longer than wide in a warp-faced plainweave technique and is entirely white except for a narrow series of parallel red and pink stripes near each side edge, which are also woven in warp-faced plainweave; All four selvages of the shawl are decorated with a crocheted border in pink and red with a scalloped edge; One face of the shawl is decorated with a border of appliquéd red cotton leaves around 3+ sides and the name “Flora Quispe” along the top. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 70.4, Length = 94.2 | |