Kapok carrier

Museum number:
16-9739
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Third stage in making kapok carrier; taw; completed and filled with kapok; made of chambira cord; looped construction; half of pirana mandible hanging from handle.
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
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kapok carrier, accession number 16-9739, described as Third stage in making kapok carrier; taw; completed and filled with kapok; made of chambira cord; looped construction; half of pirana mandible hanging from handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kapok carrier, accession number 16-9739, described as Third stage in making kapok carrier; taw; completed and filled with kapok; made of chambira cord; looped construction; half of pirana mandible hanging from handle.

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