DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Bag

NameCoca Bag

Artist Artist not recorded

DateLate 19th - early 20th century

Place madeCochabamba, La Paz, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool, metal coins

Dimensions12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.279

Object numberA.1955.86.279

Collections

DescriptionBrown, white, black tear drop shaped bag with knit geometric motifs, humans on one side and bulls on the other. The side with human forms is covered with Spanish coins dating from 1758-1923.

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