Wool textile. Piece is rectangular in shape, consisting of two pieces of weaving virtually identical in colour and pattern that have been sewn together at midpoint. Stripes fill the textile, in a variety of thicknesses and in colours of brown, pink, orange, grey and red. Edges are hemmed with a woven cord holding a repeating diamond-shaped pattern.

• Narrative

  Acquired by the donor on a field collecting trip in and around Cuzco, Peru, in 1978.

---

• Type of Item textile
• Culture Quechua
• Material wool fibre, dye
• Measurements height 119.0 cm, width 108.0 cm (overall)

---

• Previous Owner Kate Gibson
• Received from Kate Gibson

---

• Made in Cuzco

---

• Creation Date before 1978
• Ownership Date before February 11, 2016
• Acquisition Date on February 11, 2016

---

• Item Classes textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3151/0001