Chaqueta

NameJacket

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1970

Place madeMacha, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool, cotton or acrylic thread

Dimensions28 9/16 × 25 3/16 in. (72.5 × 64 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.91

Object numberA.2010.26.91

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionOne-piece black wool shirt-style jacket with "V" neck. Cuffs end in machine sewn leaf pattern of pale blue, mauve, pale yellow and green. Seam of sleeve to shoulder machine sewn leaf and bud/flower pattern in red, green and pink. Neck line decorated front and back in geometric pattern of pink, blue, pale yellow.