Description

Tungurahua-style Corpus Christi band made of an embroidered light yellow silk panel sewn onto a burlap backing and then lined with red cotton cloth that wraps around to form a framing edge. Embroidered motifs are in red, blue, brown, maroon, pink, orange, beige and green wool and include flowers, birds, deer, llamas, men hunting, musicians playing the harp, trumpet and drums, and a couple dancing. Small translucent and silver discs of plastic have been sewn into the middle of the design and a border of wide strips of gold paper is attached to three sides with long yellow stitches.