Ring

Museum number:
3-23138
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Accession number:
Acc.2248
Description:
Ring of 3 cm wide bark strip wound with dyed henequen fiber forming vertical pink and yellow bands; purple and green dyed strips of palm leaf woven into fibers to form geometric designs; four pink and green dyed henequen cords attached; length each 54 cm; diameter 10 cm
Donor:
Susan Weikel Palmer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Yucatán; Valladolid
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
November 21, 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rings (finger jewelry)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ring, accession number 3-23138, described as Ring of 3 cm wide bark strip wound with dyed henequen fiber forming vertical pink and yellow bands; purple and green dyed strips of palm leaf woven into fibers to form geometric designs; four pink and green dyed henequen cords attached; length each 54 cm; diameter 10 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ring, accession number 3-23138, described as Ring of 3 cm wide bark strip wound with dyed henequen fiber forming vertical pink and yellow bands; purple and green dyed strips of palm leaf woven into fibers to form geometric designs; four pink and green dyed henequen cords attached; length each 54 cm; diameter 10 cm

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