Collection place: The Americas / Collector: Orna R. Johnson / Culture or time period: South American cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Baby sling, accession number 16-14987, described as Sling for carrying babies ("tsagombirontsi"); cotton, woven ( plain weave with extra warps in the stripes; white, 2 shades of brown; basically, doubled rectangular cloth sewn at one end; 52.5 cm length; 28 cm width)

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-14985, described as Bag for carrying small items ("tsagi"); woven cotton, primarily white with green-gray and brown dyed warp stripes; used by men only; carrying strap with single brown stripe in center; 25.5 cm length; 36 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-14988, described as Bag, woven cotton ("tsagi"); 2 over 2 weave similar to that of women’s cushma ( see 16-14984); warp stripes dyed light-brown; brown zig-zags painted in both sides of bag; plain white cotton carrying strap sewn to top; 34 cm length 30.5 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-14989, described as Bag, woven cotton ("tsagi"); 2 over 2 with areas that appear to be warp face; warp dyed brown stripes; brown painted zig-zags on both sides; plain woven cotton carrying strap; 25.5 cm length, 36.5 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-14986, described as Netted bag ("tsagi"); close mesh with even spaced knotting; netting is tivana fiber; carrying strap of woven cotton white with brown; 59 cm length, 28 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-15018a-g, described as Bow and arrows set ("piamintsi chakopi"); bow is carved kuri wood with heavy cord string; 6 arrow of chakopi cane shafts with notches, feathers at one end; 3 arrows have simple cane reed points (unbarbed) and 3 have notched barbs of kuri wood; points set into shaft. 16-15018a—length: 122 cm; width: 3.2 cm. 16-15018b—length: 138.6 cm. 16-15018c—length: 135.6 cm. 16-15018d—length: 135.8cm. 16-15018e—length: 131.8cm 16-15018f—length: 129.9cm. 16-15018g—length: 135.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-15017a-i, described as Bow and arrows set; bow is carved Kuri wood with cord string; 8 arrows each has Chakopi shaft without feathers or notch at firing end; 4 arrow have Kuri (dark) barbs, 4 have Savoro ( light) barbs; barbs attached by cotton string wound around base of barb; measurements: 15017 a-107.5 cm length; 2.8 cm width; 15017 b- 152.4 cm length, 15017 c- 157 cm length, 15017d-157 cm length; 15017e-154.8 cm length; 15017f-155 cm length; 15017g-168 cm length; 15017h-159.1 cm length; 15017i-156.6 cm length

Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 16-15019a-j, described as Bow and arrows set ("piamintsi chakopi"); bow is carved kuri wood, with heavy string; arrows are of chakopi cane shafts; some arrows are feathered, some unfeathered; three kinds of points—simple cane reed, notched barbed kuri wood, four-pronged barbed kuri wood; all points are set into shaft, secured by string or cordage. 16-15019a—length: 144 cm; width: 2.7 cm. 16-15019b—length: 140.4 cm. 16-15019c—length: 139.2 cm. 16-15019d—length: 142 cm. 16-15019e—length: 133.5 cm. 16-15019f—length: 146 cm. 16-15019g—length: 136.6 cm. 16-15019h—length: 158 cm. 16-15019i—length: 141.2 cm. 16-15019j—length: 147.6 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 16-14992, described as Box, “pena” ("tsivogo"); bow is rectangular partial cube, with five sides ( top is open); sections of lead of sega palm ( segapena) are bound together with string; some of string covered with back beeswax; struts at the 4 corners from same plant as rest of box, different part; 1. 39 cm; 39 cm width; 18 cm deep