Rope

Museum number:

3-30152a-e

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm210330152a@2de

Alternate number:

18 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.4695

Description:

Rope (A) 720cms L x 8cms in circumference (B) 320cms L x 5cms in circumference (C) 25cms L x 4cms W (bundled and tied) (D) 21cms L x 23cms W (bundled and tied) (E) 193cms L x 3cms in circumference

Donor:

Gene C. Wilken

Collector:

Gene C. Wilken

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Ropework (genre by technique) and Ropework (visual works)

Function:

1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

Accession date:

October 27, 1998

Context of use:

Used to lower and raise “panniers” (bags); many other uses.

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

Dimensions:

d)— length 18 centimeters, c)— length 23 centimeters, a)— length 711 centimeters, d)— width 11 centimeters, b)— length 466 centimeters, b)— width 1.5 centimeters, a)— width 2.5 centimeters, and c)— width 7 centimeters