Identifier:
130887
Description:
Shoes have dark blue cloth uppers with soles of woven sissel fiber.;Previously identified as Bolivian, but alpargatas are made by the Otavalo ethnic group--an Andean people who live in the highlands of Ecuador. These may have been imported from there to Bolivia, etc. Identified by Martha Egan, Pachamama Store Owner, Albuquerque, NM; tel: 505.898.7554.
Date:
20th century
Materials:
Sisal Fiber, Cloth
Dimensions:
1.6" h 4.3" w 11.3" d
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
Gift Of Miss Evangeline Waring
Related Entities:
Otavalo Ethnic Group (creator)
Evangeline Waring (donor)
