Dibber

Museum number:
3-23203
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2252
Description:
Planting stick head; low-grade steel; pointed tip thickened by laminating additional elements by hammer welding; self-rolled hafting socket; Used by men to make hole for maize seed when sowing. Length 15.5cm. See 25-3495-96; 13-6020-23. See field notes in accession envelope.
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:
February 9, 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dibber, accession number 3-23203, described as Planting stick head; low-grade steel; pointed tip thickened by laminating additional elements by hammer welding; self-rolled hafting socket; Used by men to make hole for maize seed when sowing. Length 15.5cm. See 25-3495-96; 13-6020-23. See field notes in accession envelope.

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