Woman's Mantle (Llijlla)

Provenance

Avrina Pugh, Racine, WI, by Apr. 30, 1971 [incoming receipt RX8088, Apr. 30, 1971; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.

Woman's Mantle (Llijlla)

Quechua

1900/1970

Accession Number

37228

Medium

Wool (camelid); stripes of warp-faced plain weave, plain weave with paired warps and supplementary warp patterning; applied cotton and wool (camelid), braided trims; glass buttons; two panels joined in figure eight stitch; wool (camelid) knitted binding edge

Dimensions

57.8 × 57.2 cm (22 3/4 × 22 1/2 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Avrina Pugh