DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Alforja

NameWoman's shoulder bag; double bag

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1917

Place madeCajamarca, Peru, South America

MediumWool, cotton, silk, metallic thread

Dimensions50 3/8 × 18 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (128 × 47 × 8.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.420

Object numberA.1979.44.420

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionMulticolored floral motif, white background. Two ends folded to make large double bag, the ends embroidered with flowers in a lobed oval enframed in multiple squares and borders. Inscription: "MLA ESCOLA 1917." Weft-faced plain weave, brocaded and embroidered.