DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

BELT

NameBelt

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateEarly 20th century

Place madePacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool

DimensionsOverall: 40 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (104 x 12.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Girard Foundation Collection

Object numberA.1981.42.765

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionWARP PATTERN BELT IN ORANGE, RED, GREEN, PINK STRIPES W/ WHT. HEM STITCHED END AND SIDES. ONE END BRAIDED FRINGE, THE OTHER STRAIGHT. IN WHITE OVER STRIPES ARE GEOMETRIC, PLANT, ANIMAL AND HUMAN DESIGNS WITH TWO LARGE MEN ON HORSES. PROBABLY BACK STRAP WOVEN.