• Culture/People:

    Ika (Ica/Arhuaco)

  • Object name:

    Yarn

  • Date created:

    1935-1948

  • Place:

    Colombia

  • Media/Materials:

    Cotton (unspun)

  • Techniques:

    Spun

  • Collection History/Provenance:

    Collected at an unknown date by Dr. Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (1908-1985, an American explorer, anthropologist, and travel writer); purchased by MAI in 1948.

  • Catalog number:

    21/1759

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