Bag

Museum number:
16-9764
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Tote bag; tsuw; made from twisted fibers of newly forming leaves of chimbira palm; used to carry small game; agricultural products, personal effects and jungle products; with tumpline; green and black dyed designs.
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Paul L. Powlison and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #83: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Ruth Boyer (January 30, 1968–March 25, 1968)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-9764, described as Tote bag; tsuw; made from twisted fibers of newly forming leaves of chimbira palm; used to carry small game; agricultural products, personal effects and jungle products; with tumpline; green and black dyed designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-9764, described as Tote bag; tsuw; made from twisted fibers of newly forming leaves of chimbira palm; used to carry small game; agricultural products, personal effects and jungle products; with tumpline; green and black dyed designs.

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