Coca Leaf Bag, Peru or Bolivia – SOLD
$31.95
$41.22
Ch’uspa Coca Leaf Bag 16443 Alto Peru (Peru or Bolivia), South America Alpaca; tapestry weave 17th Century 6.5 x 15 in / 17 x 38 cm A very appealing open coca leaf pouch, ch’uspa, featuring charming birds in deep colors, this weaving captures an early Incan-Spanish interface dating to the 17th Century. It is a flat textile, never sewn into the bag it was intended to be. A related ch’uspa (but not as fine) in the Walters Museum offers an in-depth explanatory caption. SOLD
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