DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Ch'umpi

NameBelt

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateEarly 3rd quarter 20th century

Place madeChalla Region, Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America

MediumSheep's wool and llama fiber

Dimensions41 15/16 × 3 15/16 in. (106.5 × 10 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.128

Object numberA.2010.26.128

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionWoven belt in brown, red and tan forming stripes and rectangles with stylized figures of men, women, horses, coca flowers and birds from whose beaks is a crenellated pattern that may represent song or sound. Nine braids complete one end.

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