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Object Details

Collection History
Purchased in 1951 by anthropologist Beate R. Salz (1913-2006) from a dealer at the market in Huancayo, Peru, during MAI fieldwork supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Quechua
Collector
Beate R. Salz, Non-Indian, 1913-2006
Expedition sponsor
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Incorporated (Viking Fund, Inc.), 1941-
Object Name
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Media/Materials
Wool yarn, dye/dyes
Techniques
Dyed, woven
Dimensions
120 x 109 cm
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
Indigenous Term
lliclla
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