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Originally framed in middle position, formed by folding a rectangular weaving and stitching up the sides and adding a strap for carrying.
Coca Leaf Bag (chuspa)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Coca Leaf Bag (chuspa)

Maker Chancay Artist
DateLate Intermediate period, 1000-1476
Place of originChancay, Lima, Peru, South America
MediumWoven camelid fiber
Dimensions6 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (16.5 x 18.4 cm)
ClassificationsClothing and accessories
Credit LineGift of Rick and Aase Thompson
Object number1996.38.7
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Visual DescriptionOriginally framed in middle position, formed by folding a rectangular weaving and stitching up the sides and adding a strap for carrying.
Originally framed in top position, formed by folding a rectangular weaving and stitching up the sides and adding a strap for carrying.
Coca Leaf Bag (chuspa)
Chancay Artist
Late Intermediate period, c. 1200
Originally framed in bottom position, formed by folding a rectangular weaving and stitching up the sides and adding a strap for carrying.
Coca Leaf Bag (chuspa)
Chancay Artist
Late Intermediate period, 1200-1450
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Chancay Artist
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Woman's Tobacco Bag (ingxowa)
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Mantle
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Double Chambered Stirrup Bottle
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A border panel in tapestry weave, part of a larger context, the design elements consist of a sequence of baroque frets in yellow and brown with borders of yellow, black and red stripes above and below, red fringe at the bottom.
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Small pot with slightly raised ring on bottom, spherical body with straight vertical rim around wide mouth, two small handles at base of rim - one small loop, the other in human form - a diamond shaped with 2 attachment points, features slightly raised, with Y shaped indention on body, buff slip with dark brown pigment painted in criss-cross band around rim, pattern on wall of alternating vertical squiggly line and ladder motif with two lines bordering it, eyes painted on figure, Y on body paint…
Globular pot
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Zoomorphic Jar
Zoomorphic Jar
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