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| Origin | Estación Julaka (Julaca), southern Altiplano about 12,000 feet elevation, Nor Lipez Province, Department of Potosí, south of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, South America | | Approximate Age | Early-20th century | | Materials | All hand-spun llama and long-staple sheep wool including natural-dyed thula plant (Lepidophyllum quadrangulare) for the khaki green color | | Approximate Size | 70 inches by 54 inches | Except for being woven in two pieces, the blanket resembles certain Navajo transitional blankets from the late-19th century
Curiously and inexplicably some original historic blankets from the Bolivian Plateau (Altiplano) have iconographic similarities to particular 19th century Southwestern examples
18TH CENTURY = A.D. 1700 to 1799
19th CENTURY = 1800 to 1899
TURN OF THE 19TH CENTURY = 1890 to 1910
EARLY-20TH CENTURY = 1900 to 1933
MID-20TH CENTURY = 1934 to 1966
LATE-20TH CENTURY = 1967 to 1999
TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY = 1995 to 2005
EARLY-21ST CENTURY = 2000 to Present
CONTEMPORARY = Made in the last 5 years
” In most 20th century cases, the colors have considerably faded
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