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Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock

This cotton hammock is very worn and tattered. It is brown, dirty, and has holes.
Notes from accession card:
"Worn-out hammock
Only woman who would consent to give Mr. Kensinger old weaving. In use was a blanket but being kept by women for use now…

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…

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 hammock

A sitting hammock consisting of woven white and pink cotton material and long strings on either end.

length- 156 cm
width- 77 cm

Obtained lightly used

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton cloth

Likely a half completed hammock on a loom consisting of woven dark blue, white, red, and pink cotton material with two strings on each corner.

length- 173 cm
width- 117.5 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton cloth

A cloth consisting of woven cotton with white and dark blue coloring and designs throughout. White string is on three corners of the cloth

length- 120.4 cm
width- 95 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock

A hammock consisting of woven cotton with shades of blue, pink, and white with three wide stripes featuring designs.

length- 270.3 cm
width- 132.4 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock

A hammock consisting of woven cotton with shades of blue, pink, black , and white. Long strands of white string are at either end.

length- 251.5 cm
width- 112 cm

Obtained used.

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 cloth on loom

This loom (small) consists of two balsa wood loom poles, two pairs of stretcher poles (with one pair attached to material with two of the small palm bark pins), three palm bark pins, one palm bark weaving sword, and two bobbins (one with purple…