String
31230
From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31230 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Description | String for ornament with botanical material. Aromatic pieces of a plant, known in Pachacamac as "Chutunca". It grows in the Sierra. These pieces are also "remedies", for instance "contra el aire" para las muelas picadas, etc. |
| Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number | 2620 - Field No SF |
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