Husking pegs

Museum number:
3-30136a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210330136a@2dd
Alternate number:
7 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4695
Description:
(A-D, identical) - Pegs, metal maize husking; 16.5cms L x 4.5cms W).
Donor:
Gene C. Wilken
Collection place:
Acatzingo, Puebla, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; central; ( purchased in market at Acatzingo, Puebla, Mexico).
Collector:
Gene C. Wilken
Collection date:
January 29, 1974
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
October 27, 1998
Context of use:
Affixed to middle finger with cord or thong and used to open maize husks; earlier versions were of wood or bone and sometimes with carved designs or figures.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Husking pegs, accession number 3-30136a-d, described as (A-D, identical) - Pegs, metal maize husking; 16.5cms L x 4.5cms W).

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