Miniature mule

Museum number:
3-28926a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3-28926 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.3707
Description:
Miniatures. Mules carrying pineapples made of plaited palm, natural color and dyed colors. A and B, Ht 5.5 cm, Length 5.5 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, unspecified
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Materials:
Palm leaf (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Context of use:
Donor states that these miniatures are used and sold around the time of the Feast of Corpus Christi
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 5.5 centimeters and length 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
H-18-11
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Miniature mule, accession number 3-28926a,b, described as Miniatures. Mules carrying pineapples made of plaited palm, natural color and dyed colors. A and B, Ht 5.5 cm, Length 5.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature mule, accession number 3-28926a,b, described as Miniatures. Mules carrying pineapples made of plaited palm, natural color and dyed colors. A and B, Ht 5.5 cm, Length 5.5 cm.

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