Description (Labels & Markings)
Label tied to object notes: 'Collected and donated by Dr. George Salt, Zoologist in Colombia among the Arhucao Indians, 1926-27.'
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1926 by Dr George Salt, zoologist among the Arhuaco (1926-1927).
Salt was studying the banana fruit-​scarring beetle (Colaspis hyperchlora) while working for the Colombia Division of the United Fruit Company.
Event Date 1926
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Printed Accessions register noted 'CULTURAL AREA. Ethnic group: Kogi Indian. Cultural Group: Arhuaco Indian. Linguistic group: Arhuaco Indian'.


Event Date 1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1988.324 notes: 'Kogi Indian Muchila or bag of woven cotton. White with sophisticated line pattern in pink and black. Wide strap in white. '
Event Date 1988
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Acquired by MAA on 18 May 1988.
Event Date 18/5/1988
Author: Lucie Carreau

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.6040 | Freezing
Event Date 11/10/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan

Description (Physical description)
Muchila. Bag made from woven pale white cotton with geometrical patterns and lines on the body; colours include bright pink, black, and brown with smudges of blue possibly dye. The structural shape of the body is a conical half sphere with a flat bottom. The handle is wider in the middle and narrower at the edges and is woven with strings of twisted cotton. Various brown stains across the handle.
Event Date 4/9/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc