Artwork
Wincha
Artist
Unknown
DepartmentLatin American Art
MediumWool and glass
Dimensions1 3/4 x 48 in. (4.4 x 121.9 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Peter P. Cecere
Object number2006.1.194
GeographyPlace madeBolivia
General regionSouth America
DescriptionA woven headband with red and black geometric designs depicted against an off-white background. The object is beaded on both long edges with triple-stacked clear beads.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)Exhibition HistoryPasión popular!: Spanish and Latin American Folk Art from the Cecere Collection (San Antonio Museum of Art), April 06, 2013–August 18, 2013.Not on view
Collections
20th century
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