woven sling of llama of alpaca wool (brown and black) yarn, decorated with small, multicolored (yellow, brown, blue, red, green, pink) pom-poms along length of cords and at either side of woven cup. cup woven directly into cords using white warp threads, cords end with a pom-pom at one end and a small loop at the other.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Peru
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Materials:
Wool (textile) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Context of use:
hunting
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 4.5 centimeters, length 213 centimeters, and diameter 1 centimeters