Work Basket
| Object Number: | 33431 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Peru Huaca Paraiso |
| Culture Area: | Andean |
| Locus: | On the left of the road from Chuquitanta to Marques, near to the stream Chillon. |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Fiber Reed (plant) Clay Seed |
| Credit Line: | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number: | 616 - Field No SF |
Description
weaver's baskets with contents from 33432 to 33435. Also: 22 spindles with whorls and thread, and 10 without thread, 12 spindles with no whorls and no thread, and also a broken thick spindle, and broken reed spindle, 4 spindles with no whorls and thread, a long knitting needle, and a shorter knitting needle, a small weaving stick, 2 beans, peanut kernel, broken whorl, 4 cones of white wool or cotton, 1 ball of white thread
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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