Ch'uspa (Bag) with Coins

Place CreatedCandelaria, Yamparaez, Bolivia, South America

CultureBolivian

Date20th Century

MediumAlpaca wool, cotton, metal

Credit LineMuseum purchase, courtesy of the Bright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles

Dimensions28 5/8 x 8 in. (72.7 x 20.3 cm)

Object number2016.021.002

Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/128.
"Passing the Flame: Some Thoughts on Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/passingtheflame.

ProvenancePurchased for MCCM by Shelley Burian from Museo de Textiles Andinos Bolivianos, La Paz, Bolivia, summer 2016.

Status

Not on view

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