Pouch: White cotton warp faced with varicolored wool brocade designs (2 band at top, 1 band at bottom are circular designs; central panel has dark red ground with indigo diamonds); red wool drawstring;
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Te-Nabil
Culture or time period:
Tzeltal people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Collection date:
October 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 20.32 centimeters and width 17.78 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: White cotton warp faced web. Wool brocade. Native name and meaning: Wolsha tak'in- money bag. CONTEXT OF USE: Design called chebal yashalna (2 rows of dark blue thread). Role in trade: Commissioned; cost 30 pesos.