Pouch

Museum number:
3-24346
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Accession number:
Acc.2554
Description:
Pouch: Knotless netting in straw-colored material (? maguey); band at top of alternating fuschia and green dyed maguey (?) in sidewise V design that extends into handle. 1.42. cm (sic) wide body across top ca 54 cm.
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas
Culture or time period:
Tzeltal people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Collection date:
October 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pouches
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 53.34 centimeters and length 41.91 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Maguey (?) in knotless netting NATIVE NAME AND MEANING: chohak' CONTEXT OF USE; ROLE IN TRADE: Made by Indians in jail; sold by relatives at market; cost 8 pesos.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 3-24346, described as Pouch: Knotless netting in straw-colored material (? maguey); band at top of alternating fuschia and green dyed maguey (?) in sidewise V design that extends into handle. 1.42. cm (sic) wide body across top ca 54 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 3-24346, described as Pouch: Knotless netting in straw-colored material (? maguey); band at top of alternating fuschia and green dyed maguey (?) in sidewise V design that extends into handle. 1.42. cm (sic) wide body across top ca 54 cm.

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