Title

Coca Bag (Chuspa), Bolivia, 1850/1900. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Coca Bag (Chuspa), Bolivia, 1850/1900. Small bag used for carrying coca leaves which, when chewed, act as a mild stimulant and suppress hunger, thirst, pain, and fatigue. Coca leaves can be processed to produce the drug cocaine, the psychoactive constituent.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22A19_038

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,9Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,5in x 16,2in / 4960 x 4853 (300dpi)

Keywords

South America red arts country local pattern white art bag continent fringed design weaving striped native South American location century textiles gallery fabric textile wool woven Bolivia haberdashery art gallery Colour Patterned Bolivian 19th century nineteenth century Aymara indigenous object white colour Unknown Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art Textiles 19th-century Art Institute Chicago coca bag Wool stripes of plain weave and two-colour complementary warp weave edge overcast and interlaced in crossed warp weave strap: plain weave wrapped tassels