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Start Over Collection place Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico Donor Francisco Burgos-Cen and Family
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Canteen, accession number 3-23204, described as Canteen made of vine gourd with constricted middle; small hole burned into top; two-ply henequen cord tied around middle; Calabazo in Spanish, Chan chu in Maya. Height 16cm. Vine gourd; burned, Lagenaria siceraria gourd. Cracked on side when collected. Child's toy imitating large canteen carried by adults (3-23131). See field notes in accession envelope.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Dibber, accession number 3-23203, described as Planting stick head; low-grade steel; pointed tip thickened by laminating additional elements by hammer welding; self-rolled hafting socket; Used by men to make hole for maize seed when sowing. Length 15.5cm. See 25-3495-96; 13-6020-23. See field notes in accession envelope.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rest, accession number 3-23206, described as Ring of twisted vine (Adenocalymna fissum); For balancing round bottomed gourd dishes on flat surfaces and suspending them from roof beams. Diameter 8.2cm. See field notes in accession envelope.
Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 3-23205, described as Flat tray; made of Adenocalymna fissum vines; wicker woven; 2 element warp; used for storing food, etc.; hung from roof beams to protect food from rodents. Native name Peten (Maya). Diameter circa 42cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Vine, accession number 3-23207, described as Sample of vine identified as Adenocalymna fissum loes. by Morris Steggerda (1942) Ethnological Data concerning 100 Yucatan Plants, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 136, page 196. Bejuco-vine in Spanish. Ak-Vine; xux (name of variety) in Maya. Used in making 3-21140, 3-23205-06, wicker-woven doors and in house construction.

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