Bag and contents

Museum number:
16-9310a-e
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21169310a@2de
Accession number:
Acc.1603
Description:
A) Storage or hand bag; cotton; knotless netting; vertical and horizontal dyed purple bands; 10 inches long, 5 inches wide. B) shell, in bag. C) feathers. D) feathers. E) pieces of cane. B-E) content found in bag. Made from native cotton. Probably requires most skill of all Amarakeri artifacts.
Donor:
Harold M. Davis and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Madre de Dios Region, Southern Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Harold M. Davis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag and contents, accession number 16-9310a-e, described as A) Storage or hand bag; cotton; knotless netting; vertical and horizontal dyed purple bands; 10 inches long, 5 inches wide. B) shell, in bag. C) feathers. D) feathers. E) pieces of cane. B-E) content found in bag. Made from native cotton. Probably requires most skill of all Amarakeri artifacts.

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