DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Ceremonial sling
NameCeremonial sling
Artist
Artist not recorded
DateLate 19th-early 20th century
Place madeHighlands, Bolivia, South America
MediumSheep's wool and/or llama fiber
Dimensions57 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (147 × 3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.126
Object numberA.2010.26.126
DescriptionSling of white and orange braid, one end looped and the other with a white tassel. Where sling widens added rhomboid patterned forms in black added and merge into wrapped threads that form stepped triangle pattern in center.
1450 - 1550
