Belt (Wak'a)

Textiles

1900/50

Aymara
Bolivia, Possibly Oruro

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Aymara
Title: Belt (Wak'a)
Place: Bolivia (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1900–1950
Medium: Woll, stripes of plain weave and two color complementary warp weave; braides fringe
Dimensions: 118.7 × 5.7 cm (46 3/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Joan G. Rosenberg
Reference Number: 1983.196

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