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Coca bag, chuspa, with lanyard

In the drawings of Guaman Poma de Ayala, a chronicler of the Inca Empire from the 17th century, messengers of the Incas carry such bags with them. They probably used the performance-enhancing, blood circulation-promoting effect of coca leaves. The enclosed edges of the bag clearly assign them to the Inca culture.

Data Provider
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Inka-Kultur
Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
Length: 53 cm
Width: 20 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Camelid wool
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
053396

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Sutorius; 0814
  • Production
    when
    15th - 16th century AD.
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Peru
Provenance
There is no known provenance for this object.

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