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CAS 0514-0100   CAS 0514-0100; Dance sling
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Dance sling
Culture Highland Quechuan
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Carabaya Province
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Macusani
Maker's Name Husband of Donata Quispe Chura
Date of Manufacture 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Handspun llama or alpaca yarn; Alpaca hide and attached wool fiber; Aniline dyes; Cotton string
Description Dance sling consisting of a braided rope in colors of black-brown, brown, gray, and white; Approx. half of the rope is woven with 8 strands in a continuous pattern of chevrons; At the end several of the strands are wrapped around the others and knotted and the remaining strands are left loose as fringe; Other half of rope is woven with 16 strands in a continuous pattern of zigzag lines; Near the end, the rope is divided into a finger hold of two 8-strand braided sections with chevron pattern, then rejoin and end with zigzag pattern; At end the individual strands are concealed within a very large tassel of white yarns which are doubled and wrapped near their base; Section of rope with zigzag pattern is decorated with 12 pompoms, made from small piece of alpaca hide to which dyed (turquoise, pink, yellow, and orange) or undyed (white) wool fiber is still attached, all of them fastened with a running length of white cotton string.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.1, Length = ca. 158.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0514-0102   CAS 0514-0102; Dance sling
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Dance sling
Culture Highland Quechuan
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Carabaya Province
County
Other Geographic Data Village: Estancia Malcoa
Maker's Name Grandfather of Elias or Elisu Chura
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Handspun llama or alpaca yarn; Aniline dyes
Description Dance sling consisting of a braided rope in colors of black, gray, white, and several shades of brown; Approx. half of the rope is woven with 8 strands in a continuous pattern of chevrons and is square in cross-section; At the end one of the strands is wrapped around the others and knotted; Other half of rope is woven with 48 strands in alternating panels of concentric diamonds and single or bicolored solid diamonds, and is also square in cross-section; At end the individual strands are concealed within a very large tassel of white yarns which are doubled and wrapped near their base with pink, red, green, and purple yarns; Eight small and very sparse tassels in colors of pink, purple, red, and gray, each comprising several yarns that are threaded through the braided rope (tan, white, and mixed brown and white) are spaced along length of 48-strand section of rope.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.0, Length = ca. 137.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0514-0103   CAS 0514-0103; Dance sling
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Dance sling
Culture Highland Quechuan
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Carabaya Province
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Macusani
Maker's Name Wenceslao Paco Wakista
Date of Manufacture ca. 1964
Collection Name N/A
Materials Handspun llama or alpaca yarn; Aniline dyes
Description Dance sling consisting of a braided rope in colors of black, gray, white, and several shades of brown; Approx. half of the rope is woven with 8 strands in a continuous pattern of chevrons and is square in cross-section; At the end the entire braided rope is wrapped in a length of brown twine and pink yarn; Other half of rope is woven with 48 strands in alternating panels of concentric diamonds, solid colored parallelograms and trapezoids, and solid colored panels, and is also square in cross-section; Near end, 8 strands are pulled out from core of rope and braided into separate finger hold loop; At end of rope, all individual strands are concealed within a very large tassel of white yarns which are doubled and wrapped near their base with white yarn; Six smaller tassels in pink, red, orange, rust brown, and pale green, each made of yarns that are doubled and sewn to the braided rope (tan, white, and mixed brown and white) are spaced along length of 48-strand section of rope.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.4, Length = ca. 169.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0514-0104   CAS 0514-0104; Dance sling
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Dance sling
Culture Highland Quechuan
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Carabaya Province
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Macusani
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Handspun llama or alpaca yarn; Aniline dyes
Description Dance sling consisting of a braided rope in colors of white and several shades of brown; Approx. half of the rope is woven with 16 strands in a continuous pattern of chevrons and is square in cross-section; At the end, several strands are braided and wrapped around the final centimeters of the rope and then the ends of all the strands left loose as fringe; Other half of rope is woven with 48 strands in alternating panels of concentric diamonds and solid colored parallelograms, and is also square in cross-section; Near end, an additional 16-strand finger hold loop in pink and white passes through the primary rope, and its end is decorated with a large white tassel made of white yarns that are doubled and wrapped at their bases; End of strands in primary rope are concealed within a second very large tassel of white yarns which are doubled and wrapped near their base with white yarn; Ten smaller tassels in pink, red, green, orange, maroon, and dark blue, each made of four short segments of a narrow woven fabric that are doubled and wrapped with a contrasting yarn, are spaced along the 48-strand section of rope and along part of the 16-strand section.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.8, Length = ca. 173.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0514-0112   CAS 0514-0112; Dance sling
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Dance sling
Culture Highland Quechuan
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Carabaya Province
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Macusani
Maker's Name Jesus Qowa
Date of Manufacture ca. 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Handspun llama or alpaca yarn
Description Dance sling consisting of a braided rope in colors of black, white, gray, and light brown; Approx. half of the rope is woven with 8 strands in a continuous pattern of chevrons (white, black, and light brown), and is round in cross-section; At the end, the white strands are loosely knotted and the other ends are free; Other half of rope is woven with 28 strands with continuous pattern of concentric diamonds, with at least one change in color sequence, and this section is also round in cross-section; At end, all the strands in rope are partially concealed within a large tassel of white yarns which are doubled and and then redoubled and tied near their base white yarn; 4 smaller tassels (2 light brown, 21 gray, and 1 white), each made from several yarns that are doubled and passed through the braids, are spaced along the concentric diamond section of the rope.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.4, Length = ca. 177.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0514-0114   CAS 0514-0114; Dance sling
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Dance sling
Culture Highland Quechuan
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Carabaya Province
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Macusani; Patapampa neighborhood
Maker's Name Alejandro Gutierrez Carreon
Date of Manufacture ca. 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Handspun llama or alpaca wool yarn; Handspun (?) cotton string; Synthetic wool yarn; Aniline dyes
Description Dance sling consisting of a braided rope in colors of black, white, tan and brown; Approx. half of the rope is woven with 16 strands in a continuous spiral pattern in all four colors, and is round in cross-section; At end, some individual yarns are doubled back into the braided section and wrapped, while others are concealed within large white tassel of cotton string, whose strands are doubled and sewn down with additional cotton string; Other half of rope is woven with 8 strands with continuous pattern of chevrons in white and black, and this section is square in cross-section; At end, yarns are tied off with gray-brown yarn and left loose to form short tassel; Length of 16-strand section is decorated with 7 small tassels, each comprised of synthetic yarns of a single color (lime green, deep pink, dark blue, orange, light yellow, red, and white) that are looped through the sling and sewn down with white cotton string; One additional light orange tassel is attached on 8-strand section of sling.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.0, Length = ca. 120.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0514-0115   CAS 0514-0115; Dance sling
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Dance sling
Culture Highland Quechuan
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Carabaya Province
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Macusani
Maker's Name Anastasio Casazola
Date of Manufacture ca. 1958
Collection Name N/A
Materials Handspun llama or alpaca wool yarn; Cotton thread; Aniline dyes
Description Dance sling consisting of a braided rope in colors of black, white, tan, brown and gray; Approx. half of the rope is woven with 16 strands in a continuous pattern of zigzag lines in first four colors, and is round in cross-section; Near end, the strands separate and form two 8-strand braids to form a finger hole; At end, individual yarns are concealed within large white tassel of additional yarn, whose strands are doubled and sewn down with additional white yarn; Other half of rope is woven with 8 strands with continuous pattern of chevrons in white, black, gray, and tan, and this section is also round in cross-section; At end, yarns are tied off with thread and cut off cleanly; Length of 16-strand section is decorated with 9 small tassels, each comprised of paired bundles of alpaca fiber in solid colors (white, rust brown, light and dark yellow, orange, green, and pink) that are held against braided section and sewn down with brown yarn.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.4, Length = ca. 183.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0584-0010   CAS 0584-0010; Eyeglass case
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Eyeglass case
Culture
Global Region East Asia
Country Korea
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.6, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 15.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0018-0163   CAS 0018-0163; Face covering (?)
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Face covering (?)
Culture
Global Region South-Central Asia
Country India
State/Prov./Dist. Rajasthan, possibly
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Fabric; Leather
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 43.2, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 44.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0389-2572   CAS 0389-2572; Feather tassel
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Feather tassel
Culture Nazca
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data South Coast region, Ica Valley
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture Early Intermediate to Late Horizon: 200 BCE - 1534 CE
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Textiles
Materials Feathers; Plant fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.0, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 26.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0280-0060   CAS 0280-0060; Hat
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Hat
Culture
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Cuzco
County
Other Geographic Data City: Cuzco
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wool
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 35.7, Width = 23.0, Thickness = 1.5

Catalog Number CAS 0280-0061   CAS 0280-0061; Hat
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Hat
Culture
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Cuzco
County
Other Geographic Data City: Cuzco
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wool
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 33.0, Width = 20.0, Thickness = 1.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0280-0062   CAS 0280-0062; Hat
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Hat
Culture
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Puno Province
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Puno
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wool
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 47.9, Width = 22.0, Thickness = 1.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0146-0009   CAS 0146-0009; Hat
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Hat
Culture Swahili
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Comoro Islands
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cotton
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.2, Max Diam = 16.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0146-0010   CAS 0146-0010; Hat
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Hat
Culture Swahili
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Comoro Islands
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cotton
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.9, Max Diam = 17.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0389-2548   CAS 0389-2548; Hat
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Hat
Culture Wari
Global Region South America
Country Bolivia or Chile
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Bolivia or Northern Chile
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture Middle Horizon: 500-800 CE
Collection Name Rietz
Materials Cotton (?)
Description Tiwanaku-style 4-cornered hat; From file: “Middle Horizon bag or hat? (sic) split face knotless netting cotton? (sic) unusual in such a fine piece? (sic) hand done not on loom, wave design, this pattern used on tunics on M[iddle] Horizon 2 & 3, therefore not an early piece, is complete Rowe, Dawson, Lyon Garaventa (sic).”
Dimensions (cm) Height = 16.6, Width = 45.5, Length = 45.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0280-0063   CAS 0280-0063; Hat / mask
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Hat / mask
Culture
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno, Puno Province
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Puno
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wool
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 33.4, Width = 24.0, Thickness = 1.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0018-0149A,B   CAS 0018-0149A,B; Hats (2)
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Hats (2)
Culture Swahili
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Comoro Islands
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Fabric
Description Two embroidered hats.
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 7.6, Max Diam = A=16.5; B=17.8

Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0190   CAS 0425-0190; Head scarf
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Head scarf
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Aichi Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data Arimatsu, Near Nagoya
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture ca. 1976
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cotton fabric
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 33.0, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 85.3

Catalog Number

CAS 2006-0002-0013   CAS 2006-0002-0013; Head scarf
Category Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles
Object Name Head scarf
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1970s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Commercially woven cotton cloth; Indigo dye
Description Head scarf worn by young boys as part of a school uniform, made from a piece of loosely woven white cotton cloth that is imprinted with an all-over pattern of aligned indigo-blue dots; Ends of scarf have been folded over and hand-stitched.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 31.5, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 75.3
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