Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0514-0268D | |
| Category | Ceremonial Items; Textiles | |
| Object Name | Ritual bundle (8 pieces) | |
| Culture | Highland Quechuan | |
| Global Region | South America | |
| Country | Peru | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Puno, Carabaya Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Town: Macusani | |
| Maker's Name | Seller's grandparents (names not recorded) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp and weft: alpaca and possibly sheep wool; Stone; Metal; Corn (Zea mays); Coca leaves (Erythroxylum) | |
| Description | Ritual bundle consisting of alpaca and possibly sheep wool textile, coca leaves [3], four small naturally shaped stones roughly in the shape of llamas [2a-d], a small, naturally shaped, pointed stone roughly in the shape of a phallus [4a], a metal coin, flattened with cut edges [4b], a metal coin, one side showing two llamas under a palm tree and the words “Republica Boliviana 1856 4sâ€, the other side showing a head and the words “Libre... Constitucion†[4c], a small ear of corn [4d], a small metal, commercially manufactured folding pocket knife in the shape of a fish with pink and white yarn tied to one end [4e], a small, black naturally shaped stone [4f], and a small stone carving of two rows of 7 cows, side by side, on either side of barns and buildings arranged around two corrals [1]. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.7 ([1]); 3.5 to 3.9 ([2a-d]); , Width = 41.1 (textile); 8.8 ([1]); 1.2 to 2.0 ([2a-d]); 1.5 ([4a]); 1.7 ([4e]), Thickness = 0.2 (textile); 1.7 ([4a]); 0.1 ([4b]); 0.2 ([4c]); 0.8 ([4e]), Max Diam = 2.1 ([4b]); 3.1 ([4c]), Length = 36.2 (textile); 12.2 ([1]); 2.2 to 6.7 ([2a-d]); 3.6 ([4a]); 8.0 ([4e]) | |