Hammock

65-10-131

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Disi
Object Number 65-10-131
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Cotton
Description

Cotton; checkerboard plaiting; main warp and weft threads double ehite [sic] strand, twisted pink and black strands interspersed with white create plaid; sides bound with thick white strands, overcast with white; thick white cords pass through hammock near ends, are bound up in one spot forming part of hammock through which hammock rope is passed (cf. 65-10-108 and -109); seamed up center.

Length 325 cm
Width 235 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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