Baby Carrier "Tsompironchi"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1999
label: Collection Date
content: August, 1989
name: label: Collector
content: Mario Zumaeta
label: Donor Name
content: Asociacion Para La Conservacion Del Patrimonio De Cutivireni
notes: label: Notes
content: A TSOMPIRONCHI, OR BABY CARRIER. WOVEN OF NATIVE HOMESPUN COTTON, NATURAL AND CHOCOLATE COLORS. PATTERN IS 3 CHOCOLATE STRIPES EVENLY SPACED DOWN THE MIDDLE, WITH 2 DARK BROWN STRIPES ON THE EDGES. ONE EDGE HAS BONE DANGLERS WHICH ARE FASTENED BY MEANS OF CROCHETED LOOPS. THE BONE DANGLERS ARE CUT RELATIVELY FLAT AND HAVE INCISED DESIGNS WHICH HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH A DARK PIGMENT TO MAKE THEM STAND OUT. DANGLERS RATTLE, WHICH AMUSES THE BABY. THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM THE VILLAGE OF CAMANTAVISHI, ALONG THE CUTIVIRENI RIVER, AT ABOUT 700 METERS IN ALTITUDE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Camantavishi, Vilcabamba Mountains / Rio Ene Drainage, Junin, Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ashaninka (Arawakan Campa)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416180
label: USNM Number
content: E428264-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Baby Carrier
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 69 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 35 cm