Embroidered textile with woman in traditional dress

NameTextile

CultureShipibo - Conibo

Date1990-2000

Place madePucallpa, Ucayali, Peru, South America

MediumCotton

Dimensions7 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (19 × 18 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.20.4

Object numberFA.2017.20.4

DescriptionSewn on commercial cotton, with traditional Shipibo designs embroidered in green, brown & orange bordered in chain stitch (brown) & and cross stitch (orange) this piece had a central medallion with embroidered figure of a shipibo woman wearing traditional skirt