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1934.70.46

Textile bag with woollen tassels.

1934.70.46

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Collection type
Object
Description
Textile bag with woollen tassels.
Long description
Bag of cotton double cloth with two small pockets and tassels of red and brown wool. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/1/2006] Bag of balanced double-cloth in brown and cream, with geometric patterns. Woven to include two small pockets on one side; shaped near the top by bringing the warps closer together. Braided and fringed camelid fibre tassels in red and brown. The top of the bag is made from plied strands of cotton yarn and edged with brown camelid fibre. A short length of braided cotton handle remains.
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Unknown
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Puttick and Simpson
Date / Period
Date made: 1000-1476?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1934
Acquisition information
Purchased: 27/08/1934 Found unentered: 02/1987
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Process Plaited, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 300 mm, Width: max 190 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1934.70.46
Research and responses

Attribution to Late Intermediate Period by LM.

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