ALPACA AGUALLO, SORATA, BOLIVIA, 19th C

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  • Lot: 193
  • October 2008 Vintage Clothing & Textile Auction
  • New Hope, PA
Woven by the Sorata Indians of the Andes Mountains, red ground, center pieced w/ exceptionally intricate flat & raised weave iconography in white on multi-colored stripes including horses, condors, chickens, women & other symbols in shades of red, purple& pink w/ green & black accents, 2 opposite edges w/ multi-colored solid & stylized floral designs, woven tiny diamond pattern perimeter piping, 38" x 40", (ground stained throughout, 1 large crude mend in center striped band) fair.

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  • Price Realized: $ 126.5
  • Category: Ethnic Textiles
  • Era: 1850-1890
  • Condition: Fair

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