Saddlebag

Museum number:
3-212
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
212 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Saddle bags (Cotton, plain weave. Many wefts in a bundle per each warp covered by warps. Dark blue, yellow, green, and red stripes. Edges bound with other fabric to make bags. The 2 bags connected by continuous warp strands which are intertwined to form a netting between the bags. The saddle bags gather shut with cords. 83 x 24 cm square.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Malacatan, San Marcos, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Malacatan, San Marcos, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Saddlebags (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation and 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 24 centimeters and length 79 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.163 Schevill; see references below. Special needs: lightweight
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Saddlebag, accession number 3-212, described as Saddle bags (Cotton, plain weave. Many wefts in a bundle per each warp covered by warps. Dark blue, yellow, green, and red stripes. Edges bound with other fabric to make bags. The 2 bags connected by continuous warp strands which are intertwined to form a netting between the bags. The saddle bags gather shut with cords. 83 x 24 cm square.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Saddlebag, accession number 3-212, described as Saddle bags (Cotton, plain weave. Many wefts in a bundle per each warp covered by warps. Dark blue, yellow, green, and red stripes. Edges bound with other fabric to make bags. The 2 bags connected by continuous warp strands which are intertwined to form a netting between the bags. The saddle bags gather shut with cords. 83 x 24 cm square.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Saddlebag, accession number 3-212, described as Saddle bags (Cotton, plain weave. Many wefts in a bundle per each warp covered by warps. Dark blue, yellow, green, and red stripes. Edges bound with other fabric to make bags. The 2 bags connected by continuous warp strands which are intertwined to form a netting between the bags. The saddle bags gather shut with cords. 83 x 24 cm square.)

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