Lliqlla (Shoulder Cloth)
Maker
Unknown, Quechua
DateLate 20 C.
MediumWool
Dimensions48 3/4” L x 32” W
SignedNone
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by the Mortimer C. Howe Fund
Object numberNLA1994.11.HOW
DescriptionLliqlla (llicla), also called a manta in Spanish, that serves as a warm shoulder cloth but may also serve as a carrier for a baby or goods. Two panels stitched together decoratively. Dark red-brown warp with groups of narrow stripes in yellows, oranges, brown, red, green, white, and black. Many of the stripes contain ladder or chain designs. Wider black and orange stripes at outer edges. No tubing.
ClassificationsTextiles
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