Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0280-0037 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Carrying cloth | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Bolivia | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp and weft: handspun alpaca and sheep wool; Native dyes | |
| Description | Rectangular carrying cloth woven in two panels that are feather stitched together down the center of the finished cloth; Each panel consists of a wide black section woven in warp-faced plainweave technique, with a narrow decorative border along each side also woven in weft-faced plainweave with additional floating warps to produce a continuous geometric pattern in colors of rose, white, olive green, and gold; Narrow blue stripe is woven along outermost selvage edge on each panel; Series of small evenly spaced pleats extend horizontally across both panels. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 98.2, Length = 92.0 | |