Charm

Museum number:
3-15718
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1241
Description:
Ojo de venado. Charm against the evil eye. Consists of a perforated unidentified large seed strung on red-pink string. Bits of pink and red wool at sides. An azabache, a crudely carved fist (but not a figa) presumably of jet, and a bit of tlacopakle wood, said to be a charm against aire, are tied to the seed. Cost 2.50 pesos. Current rate of exchange. 12.50 pesos to $1.60. Purchased in Toluca Market 8/6/58
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 3-15718, described as Ojo de venado. Charm against the evil eye. Consists of a perforated unidentified large seed strung on red-pink string. Bits of pink and red wool at sides. An azabache, a crudely carved fist (but not a figa) presumably of jet, and a bit of tlacopakle wood, said to be a charm against aire, are tied to the seed. Cost 2.50 pesos. Current rate of exchange. 12.50 pesos to $1.60. Purchased in Toluca Market 8/6/58
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 3-15718, described as Ojo de venado. Charm against the evil eye. Consists of a perforated unidentified large seed strung on red-pink string. Bits of pink and red wool at sides. An azabache, a crudely carved fist (but not a figa) presumably of jet, and a bit of tlacopakle wood, said to be a charm against aire, are tied to the seed. Cost 2.50 pesos. Current rate of exchange. 12.50 pesos to $1.60. Purchased in Toluca Market 8/6/58Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 3-15718, described as Ojo de venado. Charm against the evil eye. Consists of a perforated unidentified large seed strung on red-pink string. Bits of pink and red wool at sides. An azabache, a crudely carved fist (but not a figa) presumably of jet, and a bit of tlacopakle wood, said to be a charm against aire, are tied to the seed. Cost 2.50 pesos. Current rate of exchange. 12.50 pesos to $1.60. Purchased in Toluca Market 8/6/58

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