Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0203 | |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Rope | |
| Culture | Highland Aymara | |
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Bolivia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | La Paz | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Achacachi | |
| Maker's Name | Curus Ramos Espinoza | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1978 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Alpaca hide | |
| Description | Braided rope that is made from two strips of alpaca hide (with black hair still on one side) that are tightly plied together, looped or doubled at the start end to form two plied strands that are then tightly replied together again; At finish end, each strand is slipped through small slit in other strand. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 1.2, Length = ca. 682.0 | |