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
Collected 1961-1962
