Bag, wide, with long tassels
Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalBag, wide, with long tassels
Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 International
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Bag, wide, with long tassels
The bag is worked in the Inca colours, the motifs in the patterned areas are stylised birds. They are possibly meant to represent the Guanay cormorant, whose excrement was and still is an important fertilizer for the fields in the Andes. It was widely traded and was very valuable. Such an elaborately woven bag was certainly not a simple transport container, but was used for festive or ritual occasions. It may also have belonged to a high-ranking member of Inca society.
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Inka-Kultur
Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
Länge: 81 cm, Breite: 89 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Camelid wool
Cord, woven, worked, Embroidery
Cord, woven, worked, Embroidery
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
M 34842
Provenance and sources
Provenance
According to the collector, the bag comes from the Ica region on Peru's south coast.
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