Sword spreader and sticks for belt weaving A) stick, wood, flat, rounded ends, well patinated, serrated notches on both sides near center; length 29.7 cm, width 3.2 cm; B) possible loom part; stick, wood, hollow, well patinated, one end beveled by use; length 28.5 cm, diameter 2.0 cm; C) three sticks, wood, tapered ends. Length 25.6 cm, 31.2 cm and 32.4 cm; diameter of all 0.5 cm.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Navojoa Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mayo, Navajoa District, Sonora, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mayo
Collector:
Ralph L. Beals
Collection date:
1931
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1931
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1976-1977 #8: The Mexican Museum (August 20, 1976–November 1, 1976)