Hilakata Poncho, Lake Titicaca Region, Bolivia, 19th C.

Hilakata Poncho, Lake Titicaca Region, Bolivia, 19th C.Vicuna fiber. This fine designatory poncho of the village headman made of the undyed fiber of the wild vicuna. Would have been worn with a vicuna

Tari (Toj'jo Style), Lake Titicaca Region, 19th C. Ceremonial ground cloth/shaman's cloth. Chain link design. Natural dyes, alpaca. Size: 3'1'' x 2'8'' (94 x 81 cm).

Aymara Tari Coca Cloth, Lake Titicaca Region, Mid 19th C. Alpaca. Collected by Steve Berger, 1982. Size: 34'' x 31'' (86 x 79 cm).

Poncho or Llacota, Sajama Region, Oruro, Bolivia, 19th C.Man’s ceremonial poncho of tight striping and vacant center; also the design form of the ancient tunics and llacotas. Excellent conditio

Tari Peru (ceremonial ground cloth / shaman’s cloth)Lake Titicaca region, dept of Puno, Peru. Late 19th century. Natural dyes. Alpaca. Aymara Indian culture. Size: 30'' x 32'' (76 x 81 cm).

Rare Aymara Feather Mosaic Dance Ornament, 19th C.Altiplano / Lake Titicaca region. Worn in festival dances, either across the chest or over the shoulders. Wood rods laced together, covered with domes

Three Aymara Ccahua Ponchitos, 19th C. Center one from Lake Titicaca Region. Sizes: 1) 40'' x 31'' (102 x 79 cm); 2) 53'' x 34'' (135 x 86 cm); 3) 56'' x 35.5'' (142 x 90 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Esta

Poncho Dept of Oruro, Bolivia, 19th century.Warp faced alpaca. Man's heirloom poncho from unknown tribal group of the western Oruro altiplano or Salar de Uyuni region. Finely woven and naturally dyed

4 Aymaran Usi Sipja, north of Lake Titicaca and La Paz, late 19th/early 20th c. Votives carved from huamanga stone, a type of native alabaster, used for fecundity blessings. Ranging in Size from: 3''

Aymara Large Tari or Awayo, Lake Titicaca, 19th C. Natural dyes, alpaca. A large and unusual, one loom panel, oatmeal ground color ceremonial cloth used during ritual to establish a sacred platform fo

Pre-Columbian Tiahuanaco Culture Pottery Incensario, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, c.200-800 CE. Restored ceramic vessel of a bleating llama in ceremonial size. Size: 11.25'' x 7'' x 11.5'' (29 x 18 x 29 cm

Aymara Luto Mourning Poncho, Bolivia, Possibly 19th C. Made to be worn for a year after the death of a close family member. These were commonly kept in Aymara families as heirlooms to be used when nee

Rare Taquile Island Poncho, Lake Titicaca, Mid 20th C. From the Collection of David Kenny, Portsmouth, NH, and the late Kitty Higgins. Size: 50.5'' x 49 '', 128 x 124 cm (open).

Aymara People Feather Mosaic Dance Ornament, Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, mid-20th C. Cane, feather and fiber. Size: 10.25'' x 30'' (26 x 76 cm).

Aymara People Feather Mosaic Dance Ornament, Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, mid-20th C. Cane, feather and fiber. Size: 8.5'' x 28'' (22 x 71 cm).

19th C. Poncho, Bolivia, Natural Dyes. Size: 68'' x 56'' (173 x 142 cm).

19th C. Poncho, Bolivia, natural dyes. Size: 65'' x 59'' (165 x 150 cm).International Textile Arts Auction, Live and Online: 10/29/17. Folk, Traditional, Ethnographic, Tribal, Ceremonial Textiles, inc

Pre-Columbian, Peru (central highlands) and Bolivia (Lake Titicaca region), Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 6th to 9th century CE. A hand-built pottery vessel with a planar base, a bowl-shaped body with a r

Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Lake Titicaca region, Tihuanaco / Tiwanaku, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A graceful, polychrome (red, black, and beige) pottery vessel of an aryballos form with a llama head emerging fro

Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Lake Titicaca region, Tiwanaku/Tiahuanaco, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A polychrome kero with concave walls that gracefully flare, adorned on the interior walls with four stylized anth

Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Lake Titicaca region, Tiahuanaco/Tiwanaku culture, ca. 600 to 800 CE. Interesting matching pair of painted pottery keros from this ancient civilization. Flared cups used for dr

Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Lake Titicaca region, Tiahuanaco / Tiwanaku, early period, ca. 300 to 600 CE. An intriguing abstract standing anthropomorphic figure, hand-carved from a red-brown sandstone, st

Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Lake Titicaca region, Tiahuanaco/Tiwanaku culture, ca. 600 to 800 CE. Interesting painted pottery kero from this ancient civilization. Flared cup used for drinking chicha, a na

Ceremonial Poncho Department of La Paz, Bolivia, 19th C. Warp faced alpaca. Elaborately striped in natural dye colors while maintaining an overall bilateral symmetry, this two-loom panel wedding ponch