CIRCA: 1930’s
A textile (fragment?) made by a Jalq’a weaver in the greater Potolo village area, Department of Chuquisaca, Bolivia with lloque* stripes on one border (lower center photos) .
*The word ‘lloque’ (pronounced ‘yo-kay’) denotes threads that are said to contain magical properties which are S spun and Z plied, as opposed to the rest of the textile (and Aymara weaving in general) which is Z spun and S plied. This reversal of the normal spin can be seen in the brown weave when compared to the black or orange weave.
Collected in Bolivia in the 1970’s.
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