Toy, carved and painted

Museum number:
3-29247
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Accession number:
Acc.3902
Description:
Weights (four) nested in bucket-shaped larger weight; cast brass. (a) Bucket-shaped with hinged cover; “8” engraved on top. Rim diameter 4.3 cm. (b)-(e) Range from 4 cm. to 2 cm. in diameter. Probably weigh 16 oz. in total. ((a)=8, (e)=1/2.)
Donor:
Fred Stross and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Collector:
Fred Stross
Collection date:
January 1984
Materials:
Metal, Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 1984
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy, carved and painted, accession number 3-29247, described as Weights (four) nested in bucket-shaped larger weight; cast brass. (a) Bucket-shaped with hinged cover; “8” engraved on top. Rim diameter 4.3 cm. (b)-(e) Range from 4 cm. to 2 cm. in diameter. Probably weigh 16 oz. in total. ((a)=8, (e)=1/2.)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy, carved and painted, accession number 3-29247, described as Weights (four) nested in bucket-shaped larger weight; cast brass. (a) Bucket-shaped with hinged cover; “8” engraved on top. Rim diameter 4.3 cm. (b)-(e) Range from 4 cm. to 2 cm. in diameter. Probably weigh 16 oz. in total. ((a)=8, (e)=1/2.)

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