Carrying Bag

100 BCE-300 CE

17 cm 43.5 cm

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The remarkable preservation of this carrying bag suggests that it might have been an offering placed in a grave or tomb. While bags used for carrying coca leaves (see below) are an important part of ritual as well as practical life in the Andes, this larger bag, with elaborate...

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Purchased by Georgia de Havenon, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 2016.
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