Charm

Museum number:
16-6190
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.728
Description:
Huayruru" charms to be buried ("pago a la tierra"); black spotted seeds called "viudo" (widower); (viudo) uniform red "solters" (bachelor). Buried only on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Donor:
Thomas Harper Goodspeed
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Market in Cusco
Production place:
Cusco Region, Southern Peru
Culture or time period:
Quechan
Collector:
James West
Taxon:
Ormosia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1938
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 16-6190, described as Huayruru" charms to be buried ("pago a la tierra"); black spotted seeds called "viudo" (widower); (viudo) uniform red "solters" (bachelor). Buried only on Tuesdays and Fridays.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 16-6190, described as Huayruru" charms to be buried ("pago a la tierra"); black spotted seeds called "viudo" (widower); (viudo) uniform red "solters" (bachelor). Buried only on Tuesdays and Fridays.

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