Beads wrapped around printed cotton cloth and stick; orange beads in geometric designs on yellow ground; green and blue beads top and bottom Length stick 23.5 cm. Panama, San Blas Islands, Cuna Materials: glass “seed beads” (imported from Czechloslovakia), commercial cotton cloth, wood stick Beads strung in geometric designs to be wrapped around forearms and legs. Stored wrapped over cloth and a stick, as in this example.
Donor:
Mari Lyn Salvador
Collection place:
Istupo Island, San Blas Islands, Panama
Collector:
Mari Lyn Salvador
Collection date:
1966-1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Context of use:
Beads strung in geometric designs to be wrapped around forearms and legs. Stored wrapped over cloth and a stick, as in this example.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1976-1977 #41: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (January 18, 1977–March 8, 1977)