DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Efecto Visual no. 2 / Visual Effect no. 2
NameTapestry textile
Maker
Alfonso Sulca Chávez
(Peruvian, born 1944)
Date2016
Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumSheep’s wool weft, cotton warp, and synthetic dyes
Dimensions62 5/8 × 47 1/4 × 3/16 in. (159 × 120 × 0.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.28.3
Object numberFA.2017.28.3
DescriptionWoven, wool textile. Warm tone colors: red, orange, yellow, and black. Pattern gives the illusion of depth by use of a gradation of shadow that gives the piece an appearance of rolls, or stacked cylinders.
Alfonso Sulca Chávez
1100 - 1400
Artist Not Recorded
