Basketry

Museum number:
3-531
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
12 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.172
Description:
Toy fan, palm fiber, woven, square; open work triangular handle; -531 green dyed fibers in geometric pattern, width 8.5 cm x length (overall) 18.8 cm; -532 purple fibers forming square, width 10.2 cm x length (overall) 19.6 cm
Donor:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry, accession number 3-531, described as Toy fan, palm fiber, woven, square; open work triangular handle; -531 green dyed fibers in geometric pattern, width 8.5 cm x length (overall) 18.8 cm; -532 purple fibers forming square, width 10.2 cm x length (overall) 19.6 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry, accession number 3-531, described as Toy fan, palm fiber, woven, square; open work triangular handle; -531 green dyed fibers in geometric pattern, width 8.5 cm x length (overall) 18.8 cm; -532 purple fibers forming square, width 10.2 cm x length (overall) 19.6 cm

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