Yalálag Zapotec woman's headpiece, heavy black yarn, coiled. One piece of a five part costume (numbers 3-15720-15724). See photoprint 13-3728 for costume as worn by Yalálag women. Purchased from casa Ramona, Hildago, Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Hidalgo Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1977-1978 #6: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (September 9, 1977–September 13, 1977)