Artwork
Wincha
Artist
Unknown
DepartmentLatin American Art
Dateca. 1960
Dimensionswith ties: 2 3/4 × 59 1/2 in. (7 × 151.1 cm)
without ties: 2 3/4 × 18 3/4 in. (7 × 47.6 cm)
without ties: 2 3/4 × 18 3/4 in. (7 × 47.6 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Folk Art
Object number88.23.1
GeographyPlace madeBolivia
DescriptionA woven headband with geometric and animal designs depicted in two registers. The designs are woven in a deep red with small details in darker colors, against an off-white background. The object is beaded on both long edges with beads in varying shades of blue.Label TextBolivian headbands are pre-Columbian in origin and are seen in a few parts of highland Bolivia where they are worn only by women. These "winchas" are excellent examples of warp-faced weaving that produces mirror designs when reversed. The glass beads are strung on the weft threads. Headbands are often passed on from mother to daughter, and they frequently have great symbolic value related to lineage and religious belief.
(Marion Oettinger, 1998)On view
Collections
Unknown
mid- 20th century
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