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Work Basket

Object Number:33777
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Peru
Marques (uncertain)
Paraiso (uncertain)
Culture Area: Andean
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Fiber
Reed (plant)
Clay
Credit Line:William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number:3496 - Field No SF

Description

Work basket and contents. Besides 33776 to 33784 inclusive, the following were also contained in the work basket: 7 spindles with whorls and no thread, 10 spindles with whorls with thread, 1 spindle with two whorls with thread, 2 spindles with no whorls with thread, 6 spindles with reed or wooden whorls, with no thread, 1 spindle with no whorl with thread, 6 spindles with no whorl with no thread, 1 long knitting needle with thread, 3 small thorn needles, small bunch of twisted cord (white), 4 cones of white cotton wool, 2 cones of dark cotton wool, small bunch of cotton or woolen cord (white)

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