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  • Collection: Kaxinawá/Kensinger Collection

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock on loom

An incomplete hammock attached to two balsa wood loom poles by a cord. This includes one balsa wood shed roller, three palm bark bobbins with dark blue, dark pink, and white string wrapped around them, one cane needle, six flat and long palm bark…

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt

This cotton skirt consists of woven white, pink, and purple material. There is a stripe of purple up the middle of the one side and a rose stripe goes up the middle of the other side.

width - 43 cm
length - 58.3 cm

Obtained new

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt

This cotton skirt consists of woven pink and gray material.

width - 54 cm
length - 50.2 cm

Obtained used

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt

This very worn and tattered cotton skirt features a woven design.

length - 42 cm
width - 49 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt

A skirt consisting of woven white and blue cotton with three wide blue stripes featuring designs.

length- 65 cm
width- 43 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt

A skirt consisting of woven purple, blue, dark gray, and white cotton with three wide colored stripes featuring designs.

Note on accession card reads:
"purple is not widely used"

length- 65 cm
width- 48.9 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt

A woven cotton skirt consisting of bright purple, dark green, dark pink, and white material. There are 3 wide stripes ( 2 dark green and one bright purple) with designs.

Notes on accession card:
"made and bought token for sale
no different…

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt

A cotton skirt consisting of pink, dark blue, and white woven material and three wide stripes with designs.

length- 68.9 cm
width- 43 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt on loom

A partially finished cotton skirt on a continuous circular warp loom. The loom has two balsa wood poles, one balsa wood shed pole, two pairs of cane stretcher rods, two short and slender palm bark pins, one palm bark bobbin with attached white…

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt on loom

This incomplete skirt on a loom is a continuous circular warp on two long balsa wood loom poles. The loom consists of: balsa wood loom poles; shorter, round shed rod; one weaving; flat, long palm bark sword; one long palm bark heddle stick; one palm…