- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cord of plaited vegetable-fibre, possibly a girdle. [SM (Verve) 9/6/2016]
- Long description
- Coil of plaited plant fibre cord. Both ends are fragmented. [SM (Verve) 9/6/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Lima Region Ancon Necropolis of Ancon
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1000-1500?, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1912
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1921
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 100 x 50 mm coiled
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.92.23 Other numbers: 659
- Research and responses
The note about q solution means that this object has been treated with celluloid and acetone. Tech. entries refers to pre-conservation team records compiled by technicians that list technical treatments on a daily basis, these are held at the conservation lab. This particular entry appears on page 5 of the book that dates from 1952 - 1965. Information supplied by Robert Pearce: Conservation [MR 25/4/2001]
Situated just to the east of the modern seaside village of Ancon is an ancient burial ground called the Necropolis, dating from the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1000-1500), in turn situated near the site of an ancient fishing village and the fertile fields of the Chillon Valley. The cemetery itself was excavated in the late 1800s by two German archaeologists, Wilhelm Reiss and Alphons Stubel (1880-87). Source: http://www.science.siu.edu/herbarium/ethnobot/archaeo1.htm [MR 25/4/2001]
Weiss, W. and A. Stabel. 1880-87. The Necropolis of Ancon in Peru. 3 Vols. New York, London, and Berlin. [MR 25/4/2001]
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