Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-9931
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150009931
Accession number:
Acc.702
Description:
Woman making ichu grass rope for holding down the thatch on the house roof. Men in the background are making the dome of a roof with bundles of rushes.
Donor:
Alfred Métraux
Collection place:
Chipaya, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Culture or time period:
Chipaya
Maker or artist:
Alfred Métraux
Materials:
Acetate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Production date:
1935
Accession date:
1935
Department:
Still and motion photography
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-9931, described as Woman making ichu grass rope for holding down the thatch on the house roof. Men in the background are making the dome of a roof with bundles of rushes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-9931, described as Woman making ichu grass rope for holding down the thatch on the house roof. Men in the background are making the dome of a roof with bundles of rushes.

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