on May 10, 2017
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| Approximate Age | Early-20th century, circa 1930 | | Materials | The warp consists of hand-spun, two-ply dyed sheep wool, two-ply fine, natural white llama wool and a minor amount of fine two-ply natural brown wild vicuña wool | | Approximate Size | The pouch measures 4 3/16 inches (including fringe) by 4 1/8 inches wide | ” Popular belief, based on limited-researched publications and tourist Websites, holds that ch´uspa are small decorated flat bags used by Andean men for holding sacred coca leaves
Throughout much of the Bolivian Andes, the name wallq´ipu was historically used for similar pouches
The term was definitely used by numerous Uruqilla-speaking groups, however, it may have originally been a Pukina word, which was a language undoubtedly spoken at Tiwanaku before A.D. 1200
In several regions these pouches were used by both men and women
The textile is very finely woven with about 86 warps per inch and 18 wefts per inch
Toledo trade wool is almost always found on turn-of-the-19th century to early-20th century textiles, to which this example belongs
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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