Bag

MOA: University of British Columbia

3097/44

Unfinished bag: one panel with tassels on each corner. The panel is decorated with a multicoloured geometric pattern in the centre, surrounded on the left and right with multicoloured stripes. On each of the four corners are long sections of fibre (secured at the top and loose at the bottom) from which tassels emerge. There are additional long sections of fibre at the middle and end points of each tassel.


  • Type of Item bag
  • Culture Quechua, Aymara
  • Material fibre, dye
  • Measurements height 29.9 cm, width 36.3 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Joanna Staniszkis
  • Received from Joanna Staniszkis

  • Made in Bolivia

  • Ownership Date before February 5, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on February 5, 2015

  • Item Classes textiles
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3097/0044