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LF558
A beautiful and difficult to find Quechua phullu blanket from Nor Chichas, Potosí.
This large textile has unusual and expertly woven design bands on ends.
Dates to the mid-20th century. 64" X 55" $450
LF559
A very nice Aymara man's mantillu carrying cloth from the province of Aroma, Bolivia. Four of the bands are woven of ch'imi mixed yarns. Dates to the mid-20th century. This attractive textile has a few light use-stains. 54" X 45" $450
LF559
An absolutely gorgeous red and black Amarete Quechua blanket from Bolivia. This large textile is expertly and finely woven of beautifully prepared sheep wool and dates to the mid-20th century. There are a couple of cleanable smudges. 65" X 61" $650
LF560
A truly wonderful and softly woven Aymara ikiña blanket from Oruro, Bolivia. This large textile is woven entirely of handspun alpaca and llama yarns. 65" X 61" $450
LF557
An attractive Northern Aymara sheep wool blanket from Bolivia. This is a large, warp-faced banded ikiña with edge tubing around the periphery. Dates mid/late-20th century. 65" X 56" $200
P749
An unusual and beautiful Persian salt bag of Bakhtiyari Lurs origin. This bag has rare human and animal embroidered designs on the backside and beautiful complicated pile decorations on the front side. The textile is in superb condition and dates to the early-20th century. 17" X 17" (see photos of both sides) $275