Medicine Bag
29815
From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29815 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | From the loosened soil |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | 7 medicine bags. plain, striped. Seven little pouched and the warp of two others with weaving started. All strung on a light twisted cord. One - yellow and white; the others white only. 7 small pouches strung together. Two "unfinished" ones which are just bundles of yarn. 6 of the 7 are white plain weave, while 1 is yellow and white (patchwork pattern). The pouches have material inside. Color(s): White and yellow. |
| Length | 27 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 949L - Field No SF |
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