About This Artwork

Quechua or Aymara
Possibly Lake Titicaca region, Peru or Bolivia

Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a), 1900/50

Wool and cotton, stripes of plain weave and two-color complementary warp weave; braided fringe
119.7 x 13 cm (47 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 1955.1620