Rosary; light grey seed beads (coix lachryma-jobi) with metal links, cross and centerpiece; L. 52.5 cm. See 25-3500-01. See field notes in accession envelope.
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Campeche (city), Campeche, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Campeche, Campeche
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
November 4, 1966
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Used in folk-Catholic rites, especially by rezadora, woman prayer-leading specialist.