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1887.1.518

Textile bag

1887.1.518

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Collection type
Object
Description
Textile bag
Long description
Striped woven bag without handle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/1/2006] Bag made of a complete textile in warp-faced plain weave in camelid fibre (4 selvages present; warps and wefts Z-spun, S-plied) with warp stripes in black, brown, grey and white including a central warp-patterned stripe on each side. Side seams stitched with brown camelid fibre. LM.
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Unnamed site of grave
Date
Date collected
By 1886
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 280 mm, Width: max 205 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1887.1.518
Research and responses

It seems probable that all of Holland's collections came to the OUMNH via George Rolleston, see Rolleston papers Ashmolean Museum GR/A/1 Holland letters [AP 26/09/2012]

See biographies for more information about Swinton Colthurst Holland [AP 28/04/2009]

Search terms: Bag, Death, Toilet, Religion, Body Art, Grave Good, Toilet Article, Body Art Accessory

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