Shirt

65-10-128

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tadi Manakidi
Object Number 65-10-128
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Plant Fiber
Description

"Shirt" Cape; Thick brown weft over thin, white, double strand warp; weaving alternated between plaiting (checkerboard) and twilling, producing angular lines in pattern; border white with two rows of pink enclosed by two rows (one on each side) of brown; shirt is seamed under armboles; neck slit in the weaving. Used in initiation rites.

Length 41.2 cm
Width 65.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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