Chumbis
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date1959
Place madeHuancayo Province, Junín, Peru, South America
MediumSheep wool, cotton
Dimensions29 15/16 × 3 3/8 in. (76 × 8.5 cm)
ClassificationsClothing, Accessories and Jewelry
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.53.63X
Object numberA.1979.53.63X
DescriptionPair of multicolored, brightly colored belts. One has orange pattern of geometric and people over narrow bands of white, black, green and pink with spiral edges. The other has train pink over white, yellow and green. 1959 date woven into two patterns. Woven on backstrap loom, warp fringe braided at one end, other straight.On View
Not on viewCollections
Mid-20th century, staff
