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Catalog Number

CAS 0514-0062   CAS 0514-0062; Shawl
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