Woman's Shawl

Textiles

1950’s/1997

Northern Potosi, Bolivia

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Woman's Shawl
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 1950–1997
Medium: Wool (camelid), stripes of warp-faced plain weave and complementary patterning warp; two panels joined in reinforced zig-zag stitch
Dimensions: 122 × 108.3 cm (48 × 42 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Lorna Ann Filippini
Reference Number: 2017.80

Art Institute of Chicago, Super/Natural: Textiles of the Andes, Feb. 23-June 16, 2019, no cat.

Lorna Ann Filippini, Chicago, from 1997 [according to Filippini, she purchased the object in La Paz, Bolivia, documented in acquisition paperwork in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute, 2017.

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