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Accession Number 1983.14.26 Title baby carrying cloth Category Personal Gear Object Type carrier, baby Creator unknown Date Made 1983 Place Made South America: Peru Culture Peruvian Cultural Region Peruvian Gender and Age not applicable Materials and Techniques cotton; bone; handwoven, plain; fringed, beaded; etched Measurements overall: 60 x 25 cm Description

Woven baby carrier. Plain weave, stripes achieved by using dyed brown and white cotton. Overdyed light brown. Natural dyes used. Fabric woven on backstrap loom as a strip 120.0cm long and 25.0cm wide, then seamed into…

Woven baby carrier. Plain weave, stripes achieved by using dyed brown and white cotton. Overdyed light brown. Natural dyes used. Fabric woven on backstrap loom as a strip 120.0cm long and 25.0cm wide, then seamed into a circle. Attached to lower edge by coarse string are a number of flat oblong bone fragments taken from the tibia of deer and other animals. Designs carved into bone.

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