Medicine Bag
29814
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29814 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I |
Culture Area | Andean |
Locus | From the loosened soil |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Wool | Bast Fiber |
Description | Plain. Strung together on a fine cord. Blue and yellow; yellow; white and brown. Four small plain weave pouches. Two of the pouches have different colored warp and weft yarns (off-white/tan warp on both with dark tan weft on one and blue/green weft on the other). One of the remaining pouches is dark brown and the other is white. The pouches are stitched along the weft selvedges and are all joined together with a plant fiber cord. The catalogue card identifies them as "medicine pouches" and they appear to have some contents. Color(s): Brown, white, yellow, tan, and blue/green. |
Length | 6.99 cm |
Width | 6.99 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Other Number | 315K - Field No SF |
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