Bag with Step Pyramid and Diamond Design
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unknown Peruvian
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Bag with Step Pyramid and Diamond Design
Camelid and cotton fibers
13 3/4 in. x 10 5/8 in. x 1 in. (35 cm x 27 cm x 2.5 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2000.3.261
Acquisition Date:
Shipped to Bryn Mawr College January 17, 1963
Geography:
South America, Peru, Andes
Classification:
Clothing and Adornments; Personal Gear
Collection:
Ward M. Canaday Collection
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- bags - Containers or receptacles of leather, cloth, paper, or other flexible material, often capable of being closed at the mouth. For ladies' bags intended to carry personal articles, use "bags (costume accessories)." For large containers of cloth or plastic for carrying, transporting, or storing produce and other items, use "sacks."
- double weave - Heavy textile consisting of two separate textiles woven simultaneously, one above the other. The warp is composed of two series of ends, and each interlaces with its own weft, or with a common weft which works with each series in turn. In patterned double weave, the two textiles change position as required by the pattern.
- geometric patterns
- Peruvian - Of or belonging to the nation of Peru or its people.
- textiles - General term for carpets, fabrics, costume, or other works made of textile materials, which are natural or synthetic fibers created by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or otherwise processing. For works of art or high craft that employ textile as a medium, prefer "textile art (visual works)."
- weaving - Generally, the process of interlacing strands or strips of various materials, such as cane, textile, or twigs, to make materials or objects such as wicker, cloth, baskets, or wreaths. Specifically used for the process of making textile on a loom or other weaving device by interlacing warp and weft in a particular order.
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- "Art Institute Chicago: Online Collections." (Accessed August 4, 2020): https://www.artic.edu/collection. Accession No. 1955.1829.
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