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| Type of Object: | Clothing |
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| Materials: | Camelid fiber, natural dyes |
| Measurements: | Average size is one square meter. |
| Date or Period: | Colonial (1533-1825) |
| Maker: | Sica Sica (Aymara) |
| Designated List Section: | IV A Colonial and Republican Textiles -- Indigenous Highland Traditions |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 12/07/01 |
| Photograph: | National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF) |
| Copyright: | National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF) |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Square or rectangular garment composed of two pieces of cloth sewn together. May be dyed with natural or synthetic dyes in all colors. Plain or striped. Often woven from alpaca or other camelid fibers. Designs are typically stripes arranged across the cloth in a vertical or horizontal pattern, or confined to the margins of one side of the garment. Average size is one square meter. This example has two symmetrical pieces, with two stripes in purple, and three multi-color stripes that have other stripes decorated with geometrical elements as well as plants and animals. The edges are in red with the borders in black. Size is 111 cm. x 85 cm. | |
| Keywords: | |
| Aymara, purple, stripes, textile, |
