Hi Randy,

Google pulls up a couple of images, best ones below:
http://www.nazcamystery.com/images/caral.39.jpg
http://www.daylife.com/photo/06AS5pA8seauk

Google Books shows several books or publications that discuss shicra bags:
http://books.google.com/books?q=shicra+bag

but I don't see any that look particularly likely to discuss their production.

It doesn't look like "shicra" has been used for very long. The earliest ref.
that calls it that is 1991.

Lynn Carpenter

--- In Perishable_Technology@yahoogroups.com, "wrhaas2003" <wrhaas@...> wrote:
>
> Hey everybody,
>
> I'm trying to get some information on the construction and materials of
shicra--looped bags from the Andean Archaic used for transporting stone for
mound construction. I've only been able to find the most general treatments in
the literature. Basically, all I know is that they're looped, and made from
"minimally processed sedges or reeds." Do any of you have any references,
images, or other info that might help?
>
> Here's a low-res web image:
http://www.museoamano.com/jp/images/excava/2-02.jpg
>
> And here's a pdf with an image and basic description (page 402):
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w18333r835317727/fulltext.pdf
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randy Haas
>