hemp tumpline, decorated with dyed red and green hemp strings, head-band 21 length. extended length 14 feet 5 inches. bought at market in Villahermosa by Robert F. Heizer.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
1961
Materials:
Hemp (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1961-1962 #75: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 10, 1962–May 10, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), and S1971-1972 #9: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 28, 1971–August 31, 1971)