Coca bag
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- Culture/People
- Quechua
- Possible collector
- Anna Sheftel (Anna Savina Scheftel/Mrs. Savely Sheftel), Non-Indian, 1893-1987
- Previous owner
- Anna Sheftel (Anna Savina Scheftel/Mrs. Savely Sheftel), Non-Indian, 1893-1987
- Seller
- Anna Sheftel (Anna Savina Scheftel/Mrs. Savely Sheftel), Non-Indian, 1893-1987
- Object Name
- Coca bag
- Media/Materials
- Wool yarn, cotton yarn, silk ribbon, silver coin/coins
- Techniques
- Knitted, perforated, strung, tasseled
- Dimensions
- 25 x 16.5 cm
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Place
- Bolivia
- Date created
- 1900-1930
- Collection History
- Probably collected between 1920 and 1930 by Anna Sheftel (Anna Savina Scheftel, 1893-1987) while she and her husband Savely Sheftel (1884-1970) were performers in an entertainment revue company called Le Chauve-Souris that toured in Europe and the US and was based for a time in South America; purchased by MAI from Mrs. Sheftel in 1965.
- Catalog Number
- 23/5797
- Barcode
- 235797.000
- See related items
- Quechua
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement