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| Type of Object: | Sling |
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| Material: | Textile |
| Measurements: | Various |
| Date or Period: | 1300-1500 A.D. |
| Maker: | Inca |
| Designated List Category: | IH1 Inca Sling |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 06/11/1997 |
| Photograph: | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Copyright : | National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| There are two types of Inca slings. Ceremonial ones are oversize and elaborately decorated with geometric motifs, with long fringes. The other type is smaller and utilitarian, almost always with decoration only on the pouch and far ends. The decoration is geometric and the slings have fringed ends. | |
| Keywords: | |
| ceremonial object, cloth, fringe, Inca, Pre-Columbian Textiles, sling, textile, |
