Culture/People:

Machiguenga  Search this

Donor:

G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian  Search this

Previous owner:

G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian  Search this

Collector:

G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian  Search this

Object Name:

Fiber

Media/Materials:

Bromeliad fiber (Silk grass)

Techniques:

Dried

Dimensions:

85.5 x 1.5 cm

Object Type:

Materials: Prepared

Place:

Shimaa; La Convención Province; Cusco (Cuzco) Region; Peru

Date created:

1973

Collection History:

Collected by G. Edward Montgomery in 1973 during anthropological research in Machiguenga villages near Yarinacocha and Shimaa, Peru; donated to NMAI by Dr. G. Edward Montgomery in 2006.

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Catalog Number:

26/5591

Barcode:

265591.000

See related items:

Machiguenga

Materials: Prepared

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63aabcfea-dfef-429f-a6f1-473f649320f5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_281818