Aksu

NameOverskirt

Artist Artist not recorded

Date1970

Place madeMacha, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool

Dimensions50 3/8 × 37 3/16 in. (128 × 94.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.54

Object numberA.2010.26.54

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTwo woven pieces, with block ground, sewn together at center. Each has a wide band of black ground with stripes of red/white, maroon/gold,and wide woven bands of zig zags or chevrons with dots in each (magenta, black, gold, white, deep purple). One half edged in triangles or zig zags; the other with coca flowers with white and red edges.