Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0078 | |
| 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. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp and weft: alpaca and/or sheep wool; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular carrying cloth or over-shawl, probably woven on a 4-stake horizontal loom in two longer-than-wide panels that have been seamed together down the center; Each panel is woven in warp-faced plainweave technique; Design layout on each panel consists of a wide plain brown central strip, flanked on either side by a narrower composite stripes that employ supplementary and complimentary warps to produce various geometric and life form motifs in pink, red, several shades of green, blue, purple, orange, and white, as well as several stripes that are woven in plainweave; The two panels are seamed together using a flat joining stitch, done in various colors that are worked in segments; All four edges of seamed cloth are bound by a tubular edging, probably woven in a crossed-warp technique, in colors of pink, green, maroon, and dark blue. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 90.3, Length = 96.0 | |