Shelf, carved

Museum number:

3-3216a

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Accession number:

Acc.656

Description:

A) Shelf, wood, three-part; hand-carved from discarded boxes, imprinted "Fabrica her__"; open work design carved by hand or on jigsaw on backing; hole at top for hanging on nail (b); shelf and support nailed to backing: Length 35.4 cm X width 19.2 cm B) cut nail used to hang shelf (a) on ; length 11.2 cm X width (of head) 0.9 cm.

Donor:

Mary S. Johnson

Collection place:

Navojoa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

Mayo, Navajoa District, Sonora, Mexico

Culture or time period:

Mayo

Collector:

Ralph L. Beals

Collection date:

1931

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Accession date:

1931

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area