Necklace, plastic "coral" and spherical gold-colored beads string on orange yarn, silver-colored metal pendant--cross with three pendant crosses. L. 44 cm approx. Context of use: Part of woman's costume; for complete costume see 3-27235-40.
Donor:
Margaret G. Hindes
Collection place:
Hidalgo Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas
Culture or time period:
Yalálag Zapotec and Zapotec
Collector:
Margaret G. Hindes
Collection date:
1949
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 1.27 centimeters and length 45.72 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Loans:
S1977-1978 #6: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Nelson H.H. Graburn (September 9, 1977–September 13, 1977)