Necklace

Museum number:
3-15724
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1241
Description:
Yalalag woman's necklace, brightly colored beads and cast silver crosses. One piece of five part costume (Nos. 3-15720-15724). For further information, see card 3-15720. See photo 13-3728 for costume as worn by Yalalag women.
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Oaxaca; Zapotec, Yalalag
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 8.5 centimeters and length 51 centimeters
Comment:
L-4-7 Special needs: lightweight; attachments
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 3-15724, described as Yalalag woman's necklace, brightly colored beads and cast silver crosses. One piece of five part costume (Nos. 3-15720-15724). For further information, see card 3-15720. See photo 13-3728 for costume as worn by Yalalag women.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 3-15724, described as Yalalag woman's necklace, brightly colored beads and cast silver crosses. One piece of five part costume (Nos. 3-15720-15724). For further information, see card 3-15720. See photo 13-3728 for costume as worn by Yalalag women.

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