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Catalog Data

Culture/People:
Asháninka (Campa/Chuncha)  Search this
Collector:
Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this
Previous owner:
Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this
Seller:
Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998  Search this
Object Name:
Baby belt/sling
Media/Materials:
Cotton yarn, animal bone
Techniques:
Woven, incised
Object Type:
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Place:
Peru
Collection History:
Collected between 1965 and 1966 by Nicole H. Maxwell (1905-1998, a pioneering researcher of traditional South American Native medicine and ethnobotany from the 1940s through the 1980s); purchased by MAI from Nicole H. Maxwell in 1967.
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Catalog Number:
23/9741
Barcode:
239741.000
See related items:
Asháninka (Campa/Chuncha)
Transportation Items: Baby carriers
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws646b31faf-f0a4-4ead-a86d-8cd76ffe9137
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_255465