Figurine box

Museum number:
3-29248a-h
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210329248a@2dh
Accession number:
Acc.3902
Description:
6 figures in a bentwood box. 3 of figures are male, 3 female. Figures are wire, wrapped with paper and clothed with wrappings of cotton thread. Females have unfinished scraps of woven cloth tied at their waist with thread. Hair appears to be made by painting heads with adhesive, then dipping in bed of dirt. All male figures carry a wood log on their backs, all females one on top of their head. Box is made of 2 pieces of wood--base and bentwood side. Base is held in place mechanically, overlap of side is glued.
Donor:
Fred Stross and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Collector:
Fred Stross
Collection date:
January 1984
Materials:
Adhesive, Cotton (textile), Paint (coating), Paper (fiber product), Wood (plant material), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
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 Figurine box, accession number 3-29248a-h, described as 6 figures in a bentwood box. 3 of figures are male, 3 female. Figures are wire, wrapped with paper and clothed with wrappings of cotton thread. Females have unfinished scraps of woven cloth tied at their waist with thread. Hair appears to be made by painting heads with adhesive, then dipping in bed of dirt. All male figures carry a wood log on their backs, all females one on top of their head. Box is made of 2 pieces of wood--base and bentwood side. Base is held in place mechanically, overlap of side is glued.

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