DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Cintura Unku

NameWaist cloth

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1970

Place madeTarabuco Region, Chuquisaca, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool

Dimensions23 1/4 × 22 1/16 in. (59 × 56 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.80

Object numberA.2010.26.80

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionWaist cloth of small to medium tan, orange, purple, dark green, green and black stripes on red ground. Fringe of same colors attached with woven purple and gold braid.

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