Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0076 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Carrying cloth | |
| Culture | Highland Quechuan | |
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Peru | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Puno, Carabaya Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Macusani | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1975 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: sheep and alpaca wool; Weft: alpaca wool; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular carrying cloth comprising two panels that have been seamed together down the center; Each panel is woven longer than wide and consists of a wide central warp-faced plainweave section that is all black, flanked along each side by a narrow decorative band that is woven partially in plainweave and partially with complimentary warps to form a raised, geometric motif in purple, red, white, green, and orange; Two panels are seamed together with a flat, joining stitch worked in color segments of pink, green, orange, white, and purple. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 110.5, Length = 107.0 | |