Woven bag. Bag is rectangular, with a woven handle extending from the top corners. Tassels hang from the body, three from the bottom and one from each side, constructed of a short braided rope and a gathering of several wool strands in a variety of thicknesses and colours. Body is decorated in vertical stripes of patterning with motifs in animal and human forms interspersed with undecorated lines, dots, and checkers. Handle is green, tan and dark pink with pinwheel and bird (?) motifs. Interior of bag is unlined.

• Narrative

  This collection (3133/1-35) was brought to Vancouver by the donor's father's family, when they moved here from Bolivia in the 1940s.

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• Type of Item bag
• Culture Quechua
• Material wool fibre, dye
• Measurements height 46.0 cm, width 31.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Elspeth Webster, Catherine Webster
• Received from Catherine Webster

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• Made in Bolivia

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• Creation Date before 1950
• Ownership Date before October 2, 2015
• Acquisition Date on October 2, 2015

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3133/0006