DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Alforja

NameBag

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1960

Place madeChota Province, Cajamarca, Peru, South America

MediumCotton, wool

Dimensions45 13/16 × 20 1/16 in. (116.4 × 51 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.1.497

Object numberA.1980.1.497

Collections

DescriptionMain section warp face plain weave cotton, mostly red and white stripes; brocade pockets, embroidered straight stitch details; red and white braid trim; multicolor tassels; motifs on pockets, peacocks, lions, butterflies, flowers. // Back-strap loom woven - N. Fisher