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1884.29.13

Plaited grass sling with a wooden cross-piece and netted cradle, from a grave.

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1884.29.13

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plaited grass sling with a wooden cross-piece and netted cradle, from a grave.
Long description
Pre-Columbian sling of plaited grass, the ends tapered, one cord has a terminal wooden cross piece. The cradle is made of netting. These slings were often strapped around the head when not in use. [LM]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Lima Region Lima Province Lima Pachacamac unnamed site of grave
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Pre-Columbian
Date collected
1873
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Net Textile, Process Plaited, Process Netted, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 795 mm folded, Width: max 83 mm, Width 49 mm cradle
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.29.13 PR Cat other PR nos: 1027a
Research and responses

Lord Cochrane accompanied Hutchinson in his expedition to the Pachacamac ruins see 'Explorations among the Ruins of Pachacamac. Peru' by John Schumacher Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, Vol. 5, (1874), pp. 248-255 [AP 06/05/2010]

For further details about Consul Thomas Hutchinson see computerised Biographies file. See Chapman, 1981: 323. The reason why this object is mentioned in the green book and the Pitt Rivers catalogue is that it is listed as having been brought to Bethnal Green in 1874 presumably just before the catalogue was published. Other objects brought after 1874 are not mentioned in both sources for obvious reasons [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications
Illustrated in colour on page 27 of 'Sling Braiding traditions and techniques from Peru, Bolivia, and around the world' by Roderick Owen and Terry Newhouse Flynn. Published by Schiffer publishing in 2017. Illustrated as Figure 1.121. with the caption 'Pachamac grass sling made with 3-strand braided cords and netted cradle of twisted and knotted fibers. Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. 1884.29.13' [FB 22/8/2018] Hutchinson T.J. 1875: Explorations amongst ancient burial grounds, chiefly on the sea coast valleys of Peru. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 4, 2–13. See also: Hutchinson, T.J. 1887: Two years in Peru, with exploration of its antiquities (London). [AS 14/01/2011]

Search terms: Weapon, Clothing Headgear, Death, Cordage, Religion, Sling, Grave Good, Headgear

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