56 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.2248
Description:
Skirt; heavy black dyed muslin(?) with verticle light blue stripes sewn on; band of purple silk ribbon with yellow border around skirt;
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Chiapas; Palenque; Chol Indians
Culture or time period:
Chol
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
October 16, 1966
Materials:
Silk (silk ribbon)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
75 centimeters and 82 centimeters
Comment:
Material, techniques: ? muslin; black dyed; silk ribbon Falda - Spanish, skirt Tzekél- Chol, skirt Context of use: 3-23115-17 and 3-23057 comprise traditional Chol woman's costume. See also 13-5872, 25-3478-82; 25-3625 and 3627. See field notes in acc. envelope.