Ceremonial Awayo
SKU: 1032
19th Century Ceremonial Awayo. From the collection of Giles Mead, ex-director of the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.
This late 19th century awayo (woman's shawl mantle) was woven with the finest hand spun vicuna and alpaca wool fibers. The brown fields are natural brown vicuna together with cochineal, natural yellow and natural white borders. Professionally backed, stretched and mounted on a fine linen cloth.
Dimensions: overall stretched and mounted dimensions are 51 inches horizontal x 47 inches vertical.
** Please note: other weavings and accessories are shown for scale only.
$9,500.00