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Lliklla (Shoulder cloth or carrying cloth)

A work made of wool (probably camelid), dyed and naturally colored; warp faced plain and twill weaves; complementary warp patterning.

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  • A work made of wool (probably camelid), dyed and naturally colored; warp faced plain and twill weaves; complementary warp patterning.

Date:

c. 1997

Artist:

Quechua
Probably Lares, Cusco region, Peru

About this artwork

This textile combines the two approaches to warp-pattern weaving used in the other two works in this case. The weaver prepared the loom with different colors of warps (stretched threads) in vertical stripes. Then the weaver decided which color to bring to the front to create motifs backgrounded by the other color. Most of the stripes have two colors, but the stripes woven with X patterns have three—white, red, and green—which is a much more difficult technique because one color of thread is hidden within the middle of the cloth.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Quechua

Title

Lliklla (Shoulder cloth or carrying cloth)

Place

Peru (Object made in)

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Made 1987–1997

Medium

Wool (probably camelid), dyed and naturally colored; warp faced plain and twill weaves; complementary warp patterning

Dimensions

97 × 103.5 cm (38 1/4 × 40 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Lorna Ann Filippini

Reference Number

2017.79

Extended information about this artwork

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