Bag

Museum number:
3-27786
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3303
Description:
Pouch with shoulder strap; white cotton cloth fully embroidered with varicolored cotton thread; diamonds and 2 8-pointed stars on one side, rosette-like designs on reverse; black wool yarn tassels at lower corners; red and blue wool shoulder strap; height pouch 19.5 cm.
Donor:
Alfredo Higareda Magana
Collection place:
San Sebastián del Oeste village, Jalisco state, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Jalisco; San Sebastian village; Huichol
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
Alfredo Higareda Magana
Collection date:
1977
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 34 centimeters and length 85 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Loans:
S1981-1982 #51: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (March 18, 1982–June 23, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 3-27786, described as Pouch with shoulder strap; white cotton cloth fully embroidered with varicolored cotton thread; diamonds and 2 8-pointed stars on one side, rosette-like designs on reverse; black wool yarn tassels at lower corners; red and blue wool shoulder strap; height pouch 19.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 3-27786, described as Pouch with shoulder strap; white cotton cloth fully embroidered with varicolored cotton thread; diamonds and 2 8-pointed stars on one side, rosette-like designs on reverse; black wool yarn tassels at lower corners; red and blue wool shoulder strap; height pouch 19.5 cm.

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