Serape

Museum number:

3-28246

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Alternate number:

2819 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and 3-4 (previous museum number (recataloged from))

Accession number:

Acc.3032

Object count:

1

Description:

Serape of Martoom; wool, varicolored. Design has zigzag center portion, weft striped ends. Design has zig zagged center portion, weft striped ends.

Donor:

Design Department (UC Berkeley)

Collection place:

San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

K'iche'

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

March-December, 1902

Materials:

Wool (textile) (tapestry weave)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Sarapes

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

1974

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Dimensions:

length 8 feet and width 38.75 inches

Comment:

Specimens 1,2,3&4 were made by one family. They are not made anymore.

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