DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Women's festival shawl

NameShawl

Maker Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco

CulturePeruvian

Date2010

Place madeChuayuaytire, Cusco, Peru, South America

MediumWool

Dimensions33 7/8 × 30 5/16 in. (86 × 77 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, MNMF Collection, A.2021.7.4

Object numberA.2021.7.4

DescriptionMaroon-colored manta with braided edging and four panels of geometric patterns (one representing the coca flower) bordered with solid panels in maroon and black. The center panels are embroidered in rick-rack pattern and star/sunbursts.

Traditional Women’s Festival Attire, 2010
Chahuaytire Cooperative artisans
Chahuaytire, Peru
Museum purchase with funds from MNM Acquisition Fund

The unmarried women of Chahuaytire display their “wealth” to suitors through the intricately woven and elaborately embellished clothing for celebrations. This costume includes a camisa (blouse), a jobone (jacket), two mantas (an essential piece that can be used as a shawl or as a carrying cloth), a montera (hat), and a festival pollera (skirt, often worn layered).