Medicine Bag

29810

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29810
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From a mummy
Section American
Materials Cotton | Wool
Description

Small. Blue and white, brown and white, white. One fragmentary.

22 small "medicine pouches" attached with a cotton yarn. Some plain and some with pattern (checkerboard). Color(s): Red, white, brown and yellow.

Length 5.08 cm
Width 6.99 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 979G - Field No SF

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