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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Faja (Belt) with Robot and Animal Motifs
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Faja (Belt) with Robot and Animal Motifs

Place CreatedQaqachaka, Abaroa, Bolivia, South America
CultureBolivian
Dateearly 21st Century
MediumPolyester
Credit LineMuseum purchase, courtesy of the Bright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions43 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. (110.8 x 17.1 cm)
Object number2016.021.003
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/129.
"Capturing the Rainbow: Bolivian Textiles from Ancient to Modern Times," Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/exhibits/show/essays/rainbow.
ProvenancePurchased for MCCM by Shelley Burian in Bolivia, summer 2016.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas