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Start Over Donor Lawrence E. Dawson Accession number Acc.4116
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 3-30377, described as woven wool bag with woven handles, tied together to form a loop. natural tan and brown wool woven as a single rectangular piece then folded at center and closed at each side with hand stitching. patterns include: i) herringbone, continuous wave, bands, geometric diamonds with multiple borders on one side, ii) herringbone, continuous wave, bands and stars (8-pointed) divided by zigzags and embellished in negative space with diamonds and crosses. applied handles.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-20600, described as wool, woven bag with out handles. made of a woven strip 76cm long, folded at center then sewn together along each side. weaving is in stripes of varying widths - brown, tan, beige.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-20601, described as large woven bag made from 1 long woven strip 197cm long, folded in the middle then sewn along both edges. no handles; selvage edge at top, natural wool; brown dark brown, tan, gray brown, in variegated width stripes.
Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 18-1543, described as Book, bark, with dark brown wooden covers, one of which has a gecko in relief; the bark folds accordion-fashion, written on both sides in Batak script of Indic derivation; includes diagrams of supernatural spirits and apotropaic signs. Contains formulas for carrying out certain exorcisms and rituals. It is a mnemonic device for Batak sorcerers. 18 x 13.6 x 3 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 10-3459a,b, described as basketry case (a) with lid (b), finely woven then sealed. a) fabric covered impregnated with a black resin which has dried hard and some-what shiny. bottom of case is rectangular, slightly tapered and with 2 raised bands at base of neck and 3.5cm from base on the outside. b) the lid, also tapered from the opening also has a raised band at the lip and another 3cm from the top.
Hearst Museum object titled Cord, accession number 16-20591, described as hand woven cord; brown, cream and black; finished with 6 braided tails at one end and loose fringe at the other. combination of cotton (brown) and wool (cream, black) yarns.
Hearst Museum object titled Dance aprons, accession number 2-72499a,b, described as natural wool, embroidered along bottom 34cm with geometric patterns and bands in black, navy, green and red. finished with 7.5cm fringe and red stitched border the length of each side. red yarn ties at each corner of apron top.
Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 16-20598, described as very finely woven Andean wool hat/cap with chin strap, ear flaps and front visor. woven of natural wool - possibly llama (cream, dark brown, black, medium brown, gray, tan) in horizontal stripes, some of which are varied with trapezoids woven into the stripe and visor has a "capital I" woven into the bottom stripe. bordered all around with woven narrow bands of tan, brown and or black. small wool pompom at top and each ear flap is decorated with a pompom.
Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 16-20599, described as woven Andean wool hat/cap with chin strap, ear flaps and visor. woven of natural wool, possibly llama (brown, cream, very dark brown); all edges finished with multiple rows of chain stitching in cream, brown or dark brown. top finished with a brown and cream pompom; ear flaps finished iwth short cords which end in cream pompoms 8cm long.
Hearst Museum object titled Poncho, accession number 16-20602, described as woven llama (and alpaca) wool - brown, very dark brown, and cream in perpendicular stripes of varying width. brown stripes divided by narrow (3cm) dark brown and cream bands woven in wide triangles and 0.5cm bands of black and cream. bordered on all 4 sides with dark brown band. neck slit is bound with cotton fabric (purplish-brown).

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