About This Artwork

Inca-Colonial
Probably southern highlands, Peru

Coca Bag, A.D. 1532/1650

Cotton and wool (camelid), slit tapestry weave with bands of two-color complementary weft plain weave with three-span floats; joined with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop and overcast stitches
20 x 18.4 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Kate S. Buckingham Endowment, 1955.1830