About This Artwork

Quechua or Aymara
Possibly Lake Titicaca region, Peru or Bolivia

Belt (Chumpi or Wak’a), 1900/50

Wool and cotton, two-color complementary warp weave based on a diamond twill weave; braided warp fringe
114.9 x 12.4 cm (45 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.)
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 1955.1621