Textile, tool

Museum number:
3-28048a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210328048a@2cb
Alternate number:
1848 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and LMO T7 (previous number (Lila M. O'Neale), LMO cat#)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Pair of cards for carding wool. Materials: Wood, metal wire. For cleaning and straightening wool fibers. 4.75 inches wide, 4.75 inches long, including handles. Location: Momostenango See Fig 751 (L) in textiles of Highland Guatemala.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Momostenango, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, Momostenango
Culture or time period:
Mayan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Metal, Wood (plant material), and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 4.75 inches and width 4.75 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, tool, accession number 3-28048a,b, described as Pair of cards for carding wool. Materials: Wood, metal wire. For cleaning and straightening wool fibers. 4.75 inches wide, 4.75 inches long, including handles. Location: Momostenango See Fig 751 (L) in textiles of Highland Guatemala.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, tool, accession number 3-28048a,b, described as Pair of cards for carding wool. Materials: Wood, metal wire. For cleaning and straightening wool fibers. 4.75 inches wide, 4.75 inches long, including handles. Location: Momostenango See Fig 751 (L) in textiles of Highland Guatemala.

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