440 (original number, Hearst) and 7-3648d (associated catalog number, recat)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Iron links sewn to leather strap. Buckle missing.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Rio Grande Valley
Culture or time period:
Spanish American
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1909
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1909
Context of use:
Used in the rites of the Penitente Brotherhood (Los Hermanos Penitentes) during Easter Week (for self-torture) in New Mexico and Colorado. Also used by penitants in Mexico.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters
Comment:
Original number: (Hearst # 440). cf. 3-24268-69, 2-33853-54, 2-48371.