Woven wool belt. Garment is long and relatively wide, with a defined rectangular element at one end, and a series of braided cords contained inside a thick rounded edging of pink and green on the other. Decoration includes a dark brown and orange central line with various motifs in tan, and to each side of this a line of red, green and yellow crosses, tan swirls, short horizontal lines in green and pink, and edging of brown and tan squares.

• Narrative

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

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• Type of Item belt
• Culture Quechua
• Material wool fibre, dye
• Measurements height 142.0 cm, width 13.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Kate Gibson
• Received from Kate Gibson

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• Made in Cuzco

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

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3151/18