DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Honda
NameSling
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
DateEarly to 3rd quarter 20th century
Place madeHighlands, Bolivia, South America
MediumLlama fiber
Dimensions56 5/16 × 4 5/16 in. (143 × 11 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.144
Object numberA.2010.26.144
DescriptionSling with widest part in black, natural, three shades of brown folded and sewn, forming a tight area. Braids are in dark brown and natural and form a rhomboid pattern, then dark brown with natural pattern at increasing intervals. One end has a loop, the other divides into three smaller braids, two brown and white, one brown.
