DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Chumpi

NameBelt

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1970

Place madeBolívar, Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool, metal, stone

Dimensions30 11/16 × 2 9/16 in. (78 × 6.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.17

Object numberA.2010.26.17

DescriptionWoven belt composed of two sections sewn together at outside edges, each piece made up of sections. In the center sections are two stylized condors. Red is predominant color in sections with stripes of darker red alternating with stripes of green, gold, orange. Some sections sewn together in squares that contain small metal weights or small stones. One end has warp fibers that are braided together, ending in a long single braid. Other end is wrapped with weaving threads.