The Jack Daulton Collection
Antique & Ethnographic Art
Antique Poncho of a Mapuche Chief
 

chief’s poncho (trarican macuñ)

 

indigo-dyed sheep’s wool; ikat weaving technique

 

length 5 feet 4 inches, width 4 feet 1.5 inches (including fringe)

 

Mapuche people

 

Southern Chile (Temuco) or Argentina

 

circa 1875-1900

 

provenance:  collected in Argentina by Jack Daulton


condition: one or two small, unobtrusive, repaired areas

 



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