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Catalog Number CAS 0514-0197   CAS 0514-0197; Rope
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Rope
Culture Highland Aymara
Global Region South America
Country Peru
State/Prov./Dist. Puno
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Chucuito: Ilave market
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture 1978
Collection Name N/A
Materials Handspun alpaca yarn
Description Braided rope in colors of white, black, and dark brown, made from three plied strands, two of which are doubled at the beginning and wrapped around the third plied strand, to yield a total of 5 plied strands which are then flat braided; At the the finish end the strands loosely knotted together and left as fringes.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.6, Length = ca. 665.0