Weaving Tool Item Number: 2990/761 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wooden weaving or knitting tool (needle?; heddle rod?). Thin stick with an acute point and a monkey decoration at the other end. The monkey has both hands up and incised bands in body with dots in the interior. Two incised bands with twelve horizontal and incised lines each: one in the middle and the other one near the point. Slightly broken and cracked.
Item History
- Made in Lima, Peru between 1000 and 1476
- Collected between 1950 and 1975
- Owned by Alan R. Sawyer
- Owned by Erika H. Sawyer before January 15, 2013
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer (Donor) on January 15, 2013
What
- Name
- Weaving Tool
- Identification Number
- 2990/761
- Type of Item
- tool
- Material
- carob tree wood
- Overall
- width 33.3 cm, diameter 0.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chancay
- Previous Owner
- Alan R. Sawyer and Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from
- Erika H. Sawyer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Lima, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 1000 and 1476
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on January 15, 2013
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2990/0761