Accession No

1988.326


Description

Mochila. Bag made from woven pale white cotton with geometrical patterns and lines on the body; colours include pink, blue, red, black and yellow. One of the sides of the bag below the handle has black vertical rhombus while the other side has vertical red rhombus. 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.


Place

Americas; South America; Colombia; Sierra Nevada Mountains; San Andres


Period


Source

Salt, George (Dr) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1988.326


Cultural Affliation

Arhuaco; Kogi


Material

Cotton


Local Term

Muchila


Measurements

340mm x 470mm


Events

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 notes: ' Kogi Indian Muchila or bag of woven cotton. Intricate geometric pattern-design in red, blue, black and yellow on white background. Wide strap in white. Stained with age.'
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 pink, blue, red, black and yellow. One of the sides of the bag below the handle has black vertical rhombus while the other side has vertical red rhombus. 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.
Event Date 4/9/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc


FM:80270

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