Soap bar

Museum number:
3-25491
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2548
Description:
Soap ball; height 7 cm; circumference 24 cm. Native name: Jabon. Materials, techniques: Fat of mazano; molded in toilet ball float. Context of use: Used and made by both men and women for washing.
Donor:
Julius Stephen Kassovic and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Santiago Atitlán, 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 Soap bar, accession number 3-25491, described as Soap ball; height 7 cm; circumference 24 cm. Native name: Jabon. Materials, techniques: Fat of mazano; molded in toilet ball float. Context of use: Used and made by both men and women for washing.

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