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| Type of Object: | Clothing |
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| Materials: | Camelid fiber, natural dyes |
| Measurements: | Size varies |
| Date or Period: | Colonial (1533-1825) |
| Maker: | Calamarca (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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| Worn by both men and women, woven from cotton or camelid fibers in a variety of widths, lengths and colors. Found in either a solid color or simple multi-color geometric design. This example has one piece with a double face, it is used by "Mama Thalla" (the wife of the authority), it has monochrome stripes and tapes in one face and it is plain in the other; decorated with small biomorphological elements. Size is 138 cm. x 14 cm. | |
| Keywords: | |
| Aymara, belt, textile, |
