Skirt
79-1-7
From: Bolivia | Department of Potosi | Macha
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 79-1-7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Bolivia | Department of Potosi | Macha |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Date Made | circa 1959 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Alpaca Wool (uncertain) |
| Description | Wool (alpaca?). Wide central band of black, flanked by two bands of geometric design (of maroon back-round). One geometric band composed of stripes and a design band of chevrons and squares; the other is composed of stripes and a design band of squares, chevrons, and triangles. Colors: black, maroon, red, yellow, orange, and purple. There is a monochromatic green band and one end; a black on eat the other. the edges have been overstiched in some places with pink or orange yarn. Two breadths, joined in center with randa. |
| Length | 117.9 cm |
| Width | 66.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Gale Hoskins, 1979 |
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