Alforja
Artist
Artist unrecorded
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)
ClassificationsPersonal Gear
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.44.420
Object numberA.1979.44.420
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.On View
Not on viewCollections
ca. 1960s
2010
