Weaving Implement
55-7-18
From: Peru | Ancon
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 55-7-18 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Peru | Ancon |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone |
| Description | Huichuna - instrument used to prepare woof of fabric. Curved; made from long bone split with edges all smoothed. Pointed at one end, while other is cut off straight and incised to make small teeth. Hole attempted by drilling from both sides; not completed. Intended for a carder? |
| Length | 20.9 cm |
| Width | 3 cm |
| Thickness | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1955 |
| Other Number | 12262 - Old Museum Number |
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