Mat
- Museum number:
- 2-10480
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020010480
- Accession number:
- Acc.543
- Description:
- Mat or case of reeds.
- Donor:
- Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Zuni
- Culture or time period:
- Zuni
- Collector:
- Alfred L. Kroeber
- Collection date:
- 1918
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Mats (floor coverings)
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- 1919
- Context of use:
- Used to hold the personal corn ear fetish "mi`le" of fraternity members.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Legacy documentation:
-