Stirring sticks. Wood flat with one end carved in pointed, carved design. A-F, Length 21.0 cm, Width 3.0 cm.
Donor:
Edgar C. Altermatt, Katharine D. Jenkins, and Mrs. Edgar C. Altermatt
Collection place:
Oaxaca, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Oaxaca
Collector:
Katharine D. Jenkins
Collection date:
1949
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 24, 1982
Context of use:
Used for stirring "atole" in ceremonies connected with the Day of the Dead. [card: hand written "in the Huave area. These are probably not from the Huave area but from Santa Cecilio Jalieza, a Zapotec community in the Valley of Oaxaca; they were used to mix chocolate atole at mayordomias"]
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 21 centimeters and width 3 centimeters
Comment:
f-only; H-15-9
Loans:
S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)