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Chumpi de la Ñusta / Belt of the Inca Princess
Chumpi de la Ñusta / Belt of the Inca Princess
Chumpi de la Ñusta / Belt of the Inca Princess
DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Chumpi de la Ñusta / Belt of the Inca Princess

NameDrawing
Maker Alfonso Sulca Chávez (Peruvian, born 1944)
Place madeHuamanga, Ayacucho, Peru, South America
MediumGraphite and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions9 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (24.5 × 19 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.28.9
Object numberFA.2017.28.9
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DescriptionDrawing on graph paper of a brightly colored, patterned belt twisting and curving over itself. The belt is covered with geometric patterns and is titled at the bottom of the page, "Chumpi o Faga d la ñusta". The image has a three-dimensional appearance.
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