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Sling (honda)
Date:
ca. 1930
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Sheep's Wool Or Camelid Hair And Horsehair
Dimensions:
6.3 x 132 cm (2 1/2 x 51 15/16 in.)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
South America
Culture/People:
Aymara
Accession Number:
1992.107.232
Acquisition Date:
1992-06-30
Credit Line:
The Jeffrey Appleby Andean Textile Collection
Exhibition History:
To Honor the Ancestors, 1997
Large sling without slit in cradle, one piece, predominantly red and beige, multicolored braids on both ends with fringes, one with a loop. Catalogue #51, p.77, Tradtional Textiles of the Andes.