Coca Bag (Chuspa)

Quechua or Aymara Possibly Ayaviri, Puno, Peru

Date

Probably late 19th/early 20th century

Medium

Cotton and wool (camelid), stripes of warp-faced plain weave, and plain weave with paired warps and supplementary patterning warps; applied tubular crossed-warp edging in complex bird's eye; attached cotton and wool (camelid), crossed-warp strap

Dimensions

14 × 14.9 cm (5 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment