Salt, leaves, string

Museum number:
3-25498
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2548
Description:
Salt; wrapped in plant leaf; 1 lb. package; 15 cm long; 8 cm wide; 5 cm high. Materials, techniques: Salt; oja leaf (oja tree has no fruit); maguey string. Context of use: Used by both men and women. Salt sold in market, measured in front of buyer wrapped in oja leaf and tired with maguey string.
Donor:
Julius Stephen Kassovic and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala
Collector:
Julius Stephen Kassovic
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt, leaves, string, accession number 3-25498, described as Salt; wrapped in plant leaf; 1 lb. package; 15 cm long; 8 cm wide; 5 cm high. Materials, techniques: Salt; oja leaf (oja tree has no fruit); maguey string. Context of use: Used by both men and women. Salt sold in market, measured in front of buyer wrapped in oja leaf and tired with maguey string.

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