Sujet

Coca Bag, Peru, A.D. 1532/1650. 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.

Légende

Coca Bag, Peru, A.D. 1532/1650. Creator: Unknown.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21B34_114

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

66.5Mo (6.0Mo) / 39.7cm x 42.0cm / 4684 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

South America arts country stripes pattern art costume bag continent clothes color design decoration decorative weaving striped dress South American location century textiles gallery fabric tapestries tapestry Peru Peruvian clothing textile cotton wool woven 17th century art gallery Colour Patterned 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century object Unknown Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art Textiles Art Institute Chicago coca bag Cotton and wool (camelid) slit tapestry weave with bands of two-color complementary weft plain weave with three-span floats joined with wool (camelid) in cross-knit loop and overcast stitches Inca-Colonial