DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Monedero

NameCoin bag

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datec. 1960

Place madeSucre Region, Chuquisaca, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool

Dimensions13 3/8 × 9 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (34 × 24.5 × 9.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.2.227

Object numberA.1980.2.227

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionBright, multicolored knit bag in necked, teardrop form with two small knit bags of similar shape hanging from one side. Both the larger bag and the smaller pouches are decorated with small tassels attached to the sides and bottom tips. Hot pink, green, white, purple, orange, yellow.