Uros Island embroidery

NameEmbroidery

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeUros Islands, Puno, Peru, South America

MediumWool

Dimensions25 3/16 × 36 5/8 in. (64 × 93 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, International Folk Art Foundation Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.146

Object numberFA.2010.97.146

DescriptionNatural colored woven wool background embroidered with figures of women in conversation, man fishing, woman in totora, condor, fish, llama, bird and houses. Predominant color is blue in varying shades, touches of green and orange. Cross stitched on side edges. Bottom border reads :UROS LAGO TITIKAKA."`