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

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.