Yarn

Museum number:
16-9675
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Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Ball of white cotton thread; Jiwru Chiyo (soft ball of spun thread); used for all kinds of weaving except for hammocks and belts (occasionally used for these purposes).
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Joyce Nies and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Yarn, accession number 16-9675, described as Ball of white cotton thread; Jiwru Chiyo (soft ball of spun thread); used for all kinds of weaving except for hammocks and belts (occasionally used for these purposes).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Yarn, accession number 16-9675, described as Ball of white cotton thread; Jiwru Chiyo (soft ball of spun thread); used for all kinds of weaving except for hammocks and belts (occasionally used for these purposes).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Yarn, accession number 16-9675, described as Ball of white cotton thread; Jiwru Chiyo (soft ball of spun thread); used for all kinds of weaving except for hammocks and belts (occasionally used for these purposes).

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