Tray

Museum number:
3-23205
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2252
Description:
Flat tray; made of Adenocalymna fissum vines; wicker woven; 2 element warp; used for storing food, etc.; hung from roof beams to protect food from rodents. Native name Peten (Maya). Diameter circa 42cm.
Donor:
Francisco Burgos-Cen and Family
Collection place:
Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Eastern Yucatán; Chichén Itza
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Susan Weikel Palmer
Collection date:
January 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket trays
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 3-23205, described as Flat tray; made of Adenocalymna fissum vines; wicker woven; 2 element warp; used for storing food, etc.; hung from roof beams to protect food from rodents. Native name Peten (Maya). Diameter circa 42cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 3-23205, described as Flat tray; made of Adenocalymna fissum vines; wicker woven; 2 element warp; used for storing food, etc.; hung from roof beams to protect food from rodents. Native name Peten (Maya). Diameter circa 42cm.

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