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Description

Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl made up of two panels sewn together at the vertical centre with dark brown thread. The left panel is colourful and patterned with a 8 cm black band towards the seam, the innermost third of the right panel is a black ground and the outer two thirds are colourful and patterned. Both panels are patterned with vertical stripes and vertical bands containing zigzag, checkered, striped, and concentric circle patterns. The left panel fades from a wide purple band into the black band, while the right panel has a sharp divide between the patterned and black sections. The shawl is edged with orange stitching, the lower left corner is not edged.

History Of Use

Worn by women as a shawl (ahuayo; mantle).

Specific Techniques

Bold stripes alternating with complementary warp in double weave.

Item History

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