Pointed wire links sewn to leather strips. Iron wire buckle, cotton cloth laces.
Donor:
Darius Ogden Mills and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Rio Grande Valley
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
January 22, 1901
Context of use:
Used in the rites of the Penitente Brotherhood (Los Hermanos Penitentes) during Easter Week (for self-torture) in New Mexico and Colorado. Also used by penitants in Mexico.
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters
Comment:
cf. 2-33853-54, 48375, 3-24268-69. Used in the rites of the Penitente Brotherhood (Los Hermanos Penitentes) during Easter Week (for self-torture) in New Mexico and Colorado. Also used by penitants in Mexico.