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Museum number:

3-186

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Alternate number:

186 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Woman’s cloth for wrapping tortillas. Cotton. Basketweave twill brocade. White with red, yellow, green, and blue warp forms. Short fringe on ends. Approximately 60 cm long, 80 cm wide.

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

Mam and Maya

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.5 Household and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

Cat. 3 - Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Area

Dimensions:

length 120 centimeters and width 78 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archives in museum library. See also Schevill p. 116; references below

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