Ceremonial sling
Artist
Artist unrecorded
DateLate 19th-early 20th century
Place madeHighlands, Bolivia, South America
MediumSheep's wool and/or llama fiber
Dimensions57 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (147 × 3 cm)
ClassificationsArmament Accessory
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.126
Object numberA.2010.26.126
DescriptionSling of white and orange braid, one end looped and the other with a white tassel. Where sling widens added rhomboid patterned forms in black added and merge into wrapped threads that form stepped triangle pattern in center.On View
Not on view
1450 - 1550
