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Woman’s Skirt (Urku)

Aymara, 1866-1899

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Aymara

Woman’s Skirt (Urku)

Aymara, 1866-1899

Physical Qualities Alpaca fiber, dye, 48 3/4 x 46 1/2 in. (123.8 x 118.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of The Jaegal Foundation, Baltimore, George and Julianne Alderman
Object Number 2009.221
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Jaegal Foundation, Baltimore, by purchase 2008; William Segal, Sante Fe
Laurie Adelson and Arthur Tracht, "Aymara Weavings Ceremonial Textiles of Colonial and 19th Century Bolivia," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983.
William Siegal, "Historic Aymara Textiles," Krefeld: German Textile Museum, 1991.
Lynn A. Meisch (ed.), "Traditional Textiles of the Andes," New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997.
Loux, Katie. "Adventures on the Altiplano." Hali, Issue 162, Winter 2009: 50-63.

Culture

Aymara

2000–2000

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