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- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 1243
- World Region
- South America
- Region
- Andean South America
- Country
- Peru
- Period
- 300 BC - AD 800
- Culture
- Nazca
- Description
- Fig. 47. "Chuspa" or little bag to carry medicinal herbs or "coca". Its fabric looks like needlework and has geometric drawings. It is made out of vicuna wool in dark red, dark brown, and light sienna colors. It measures folded 14 centimeters wide by 12 centimeters long. Fig. 48. Penate engraved on a tiger or puma fang. It represents a warrior carrying in its hands a trophy head which is perforated so that it can be hung. It is 7 centimeters l
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- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
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- 3123 x 4539
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2486
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-2486/2486
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"Fig. 47. "Chuspa" or little bag to carry medicinal herbs or "coca". Its fabric looks like needlework and has geometric drawings. It is made out of vicuna wool in dark red, dark brown, and light sienna colors. It measures folded 14 centimeters wide by 12 centimeters long. Fig. 48. Penate engraved on a tiger or puma fang. It represents a warrior carrying in its hands a trophy head which is perforated so that it can be hung. It is 7 centimeters l". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-2486/2486. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 04, 2024.