- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Specimen of undyed mid-brown spun two-ply yarn. [SM (Verve) 26/5/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Lima Region Ancon Necropolis of Ancon Grave I
- Date
- Date collected
- 1912 10 11
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1921, uncertain
- Materials and processes
- Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Spun
- Dimensions
- Length: max 103 mm box
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.92.26
- Research and responses
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] [DCF Court Team 4/9/2003]
1921.92.26
Specimen of undyed mid-brown spun two-ply yarn. [SM (Verve) 26/5/2016]
On display
1921.92.26
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