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Bag; mimics loom
Object Number 46-77-30/9015
Display Title Bag; mimics loom
Descriptions
Object Description Gray cotton wraps spirally around unspun fibers that cover two wooden frame bars. At lower end of each bar, red camelid fringe. Stretched between bars, open mesh structure, knotted. Fibers coarse, appear to be maguey; beige and blue (faded); knotted so that they form a bag with an opening at top edge. At top thickly spun cord (handle?).
Inventory Description Organic, woven bag, 2 wooden sticks at either end with red tasseled ends, trapaz
Classification
  • Woven Fiber
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Intermediate period
  • Late Horizon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Lima Region / Huaura Province / Huacho
Additional Geographic Terms Central Coast; Huara Valley
Materials Wood, Camelid, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 21.2 x 17 cm (8 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/9015

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