Carrying cloth
Object Details
- Collection History
- Commissioned in 1951 by anthropologist Beate R. Salz (1913-2006) from the artist during MAI fieldwork supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1951
- Catalog Number
- 21/8591
- Barcode
- 218591.001
- Culture/People
- Quechua
- Artist/Maker
- Vivirata Malpic, Quechua
- Seller
- Vivirata Malpic, Quechua
- Commissioner
- Beate R. Salz, Non-Indian, 1913-2006
- Expedition sponsor
- Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Incorporated (Viking Fund, Inc.), 1941-
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Carrying cloth
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cloth, wood, wool yarn
- Techniques
- Sewn
- Place
- San Jerónimo de Tunán (San Gerónimo); Huancayo Province; Junín Region; Peru
- See related items
- Quechua
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_233268
- Usage
- CC0
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