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Bag (capacho)
Date:
ca. 1940
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Camaelid Hair
Dimensions:
38 x 28 cm (14 15/16 x 11 in.)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
South America
Culture/People:
Quechua/Aymara
Accession Number:
1992.107.161
Acquisition Date:
1992-06-30
Credit Line:
The Jeffrey Appleby Andean Textile Collection
Exhibition History:
To Honor the Ancestors, 1997
Large bag, one piece, solid colored and patterned stripes, predominantly dk. green, orange-red, beige; strap, four pockets trimmed with multicolored beads, multicolored beaded tassels on bottom lower sides.Catalogue #59, pp. 80-81, Traditional Textiles of the Andes