Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0102 | |
| 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 | |