DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Almilla

NameDress

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1970

Place madeMacha, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool

Dimensions43 5/16 × 22 13/16 in. (110 × 58 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.52

Object numberA.2010.26.52

DescriptionBlack wool dress with deep "V" neck, long sleeves and a widely flaring gored skirt. At the hem there is a 9 cm wide area embroidered with red-and-yellow flowers with green stems, green plants and geometrics. Border is a sewn on rickrack pattern of magenta backing behind embroidery. Cuffs lined with a manufactured material in tan, gray and maroon; inside hem lined in bright pink.