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1919.59.222

Sample of vicugna yarn [SM (Verve) 24/5/2016]

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1919.59.222

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Collection type: Object
Description: Sample of vicugna yarn [SM (Verve) 24/5/2016]
Long description: Wound ball of fine vicugna wool yarn. The yarn is mid brown in colour. [SM (Verve) 24/5/2016]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Lima Region Ancon Necropolis of Ancon unnamed site of grave
Person: Field collector Louis Colville Gray Clarke; PRM source Louis Colville Gray Clarke
Date
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1919
Materials and processes: Material Camelid Wool Yarn Animal, Process Twisted, Process Wound
Dimensions: Diameter: max 70 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 1919.59.222

Search terms: Textile, Death, Specimen, Religion, Grave Good, Yarn

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