DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Telar
NameGround loom
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
DateEarly to 3rd quarter 20th century
Place madeTarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia, South America
MediumWood, wool
Dimensions9 1/16 × 19 13/16 in. (23 × 50.25 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.153
Object numberA.2010.26.153
DescriptionLoom with the beginning weaving of a ch'uspa of stylized horses and llamas, predominant color dark red with purple, green, yellow and pink. Many warp and weft threads, hanging and twisted.
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1960