Carrying cloth

Museum number:
3-567
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030000567
Accession number:
Acc.172
Description:
Carrying cloth (one half only), plainweave; Specimen of the finest weave of ayate (maguey/ixtle), natural beige color, 55 x 103 cm approximately; note: 3 red cotton knots are on fabric, may not be original
Donor:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:
Guanajuato, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca, Mazatec
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 100 centimeters and width 51 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Carrying cloth, accession number 3-567, described as Carrying cloth (one half only), plainweave; Specimen of the finest weave of ayate (maguey/ixtle), natural beige color, 55 x 103 cm approximately; note: 3 red cotton knots are on fabric, may not be original
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying cloth, accession number 3-567, described as Carrying cloth (one half only), plainweave; Specimen of the finest weave of ayate (maguey/ixtle), natural beige color, 55 x 103 cm approximately; note: 3 red cotton knots are on fabric, may not be original

Tools