Blanket

Museum number:
3-133
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
133 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Blanket made of palm leaves (approximately 10 layers of prepared palm leaf fiber quilted together with heavy twine. Approximately 86 cm x 53 cm)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Escuintla Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Esquintla
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Palm leaf (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-133, described as Blanket made of palm leaves (approximately 10 layers of prepared palm leaf fiber quilted together with heavy twine. Approximately 86 cm x 53 cm)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 3-133, described as Blanket made of palm leaves (approximately 10 layers of prepared palm leaf fiber quilted together with heavy twine. Approximately 86 cm x 53 cm)

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