Belt in warp-faced double weave

Collection type: Object
Description: Belt in warp-faced double weave
Long description: Belt in warp-faced double weave (Rowe 1977:94ff) with scroll motif (wajrapallay, Quechua) said to represent the snail or cornucopia (Wasserman & Hill 1981:10). 7 oblique interlaced units sewn together at one end. The belt ends with round braids with ojo de gato (cat's eye) pattern. Probably a mixture of sheep's wool and camelid fibre. Chemical dyes. Warp spin Z2S; weft Z2S; warp count 50 epi (20/cm); 14 ppi (6/cm).
Geographical reference: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Bolivia (Plurinational State of); La Paz Dept Charasani
Cultural groups: Quechua; Aimara
Person: Field collector Robin Woodhouse; PRM source Robin Woodhouse; PRM source Paula Woodhouse
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1975
Date collected: 1974 - 1975
Acquisition information: Donated: 1996
Materials and processes: Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Process Woven, Process Braided
Dimensions: Width 47 mm, Length 2010 mm including braids, Length 840 mm belt
Object numbers: Accession number: 1997.2.2 Other numbers: D14
Research and responses: For a list of the works consulted by Linda Mowat while cataloguing this collection, see RDF. [JC 26 8 2013]

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