Tunic

Museum number:
16-11835
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
18 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2022
Description:
Cylindrical bark cloth tunic; ½ inch hem on top edge; 2 shoulder straps, one of blue cloth; red cloth patch under one arm; worn by women. 3 feet 2 inches length; called hiri hutu; made by Mercedes.
Donor:
Patricia J. Lyon
Collection place:
Keros village, Q'osñipata District, Paucartambo Province
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Huachipaeri
Collector:
Patricia J. Lyon
Collection date:
June 30, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tunics
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tunic, accession number 16-11835, described as Cylindrical bark cloth tunic; ½ inch hem on top edge; 2 shoulder straps, one of blue cloth; red cloth patch under one arm; worn by women. 3 feet 2 inches length; called hiri hutu; made by Mercedes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tunic, accession number 16-11835, described as Cylindrical bark cloth tunic; ½ inch hem on top edge; 2 shoulder straps, one of blue cloth; red cloth patch under one arm; worn by women. 3 feet 2 inches length; called hiri hutu; made by Mercedes.

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