Cord

Museum number:
3-27980
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030027980
Alternate number:
1833 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
[cat card Description: Cord split at one end in two Materials: maguey Technique:part braided, rest two ply, S twist.s Fibers added so split end is much heavier Colors: Natural Dimensions: 46 1/2" long Remarks: ]
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala?
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1936
Materials:
Maguey fiber (braid, s twist, maguey)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cords
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 1 centimeters and length 117 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cord, accession number 3-27980, described as [cat card Description: Cord split at one end in two Materials: maguey Technique:part braided, rest two ply, S twist.s Fibers added so split end is much heavier Colors: Natural Dimensions: 46 1/2" long Remarks: ]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cord, accession number 3-27980, described as [cat card Description: Cord split at one end in two Materials: maguey Technique:part braided, rest two ply, S twist.s Fibers added so split end is much heavier Colors: Natural Dimensions: 46 1/2" long Remarks: ]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cord, accession number 3-27980, described as [cat card Description: Cord split at one end in two Materials: maguey Technique:part braided, rest two ply, S twist.s Fibers added so split end is much heavier Colors: Natural Dimensions: 46 1/2" long Remarks: ]

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