Embroidered textile with pink parrot

NameTextile

CultureShipibo - Conibo

Date1985-1990

Place madePucallpa, Ucayali, Peru, South America

MediumCotton

Dimensions14 × 13 3/16 in. (35.5 × 33.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.20.1

Object numberFA.2017.20.1

DescriptionThe center of this textile is a large pink parrot embroidered in running stitches outlined in chainstitch - it has a pale blue bill, yellow breast & enhancements in red. The lower PR & upper PL have shipibo designs in pink & blue. This is bordered in pink stem stitch & green in Herring bone.