Work Basket
33417
From: Peru | Huaca Paraiso
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 33417 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Huaca Paraiso |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | On the left of the road from Chuquitanta to Marques, near to the stream Chillon. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber | Bamboo | Clay |
| Description | In addition to contents: 8 spindles with no whorls and no thread, 17 spindles with whorls, not hread, 1 spindle with carved wooden whorl, no thread, 1 spindle tube or reed, 2 small knitting needle, 2 pebbles, 2 small sewing needles, 1 bunch of white thread, 2 small oval weaving sticks, 1 broken carved stick with thread, 1 plain wooden awl, 1 bunch of colored thread, 1 small round reed stick, 1 ball of white thread, 3 small cones of cotton or wool, 1 large cone of cotton, a fragment of parchment, and a small ornamented whorl, 19 spindles with whorls and threads |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 614 - Field No SF |
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