Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0114 | |
| 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 | |