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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. It has two monochrome stripes in red and three multi-color stripes overlaying four stripes with geometric elements and two with biomorphological elements. Size is 86 cm. x 56 cm. | |
| Keywords: | |
| Aymara, shawl, striped, textile, |
