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Bag, men's bag, brown and white, strap attached at two corners, one side decorated with horses, geometric forms, and crosses, other side has horses and geometrics
Bag, men's bag, brown and white, strap attached at two corners, one side decorated with horses, geometric forms, and crosses, other side has horses and geometrics
Object Number 2013.24.39
Display Title Bag, men's bag, brown and white, strap attached at two corners, one side decorated with horses, geometric forms, and crosses, other side has horses and geometrics
Descriptions
Object Description Man's bag, one piece, black and white sheep's wool, black and white wool strap back strap belt loomed, attached to bag at two corners, different patterns on both sides: horses, geometric forms, crosses one side; other side horses and geometric forms.
Inventory Description Bag, men's bag, brown and white wool, strap attached at two corners, one side decorated with horses, geometric forms, and crosses, other side has horses and geometrics
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Solola / <County> / Solola
Materials Wool , Dye
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of bag): 23 × 27 cm (9 1/16 × 10 5/8 in.) Overall (Measurement of strap): 74 × 3 cm (29 1/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.39; 48
Credit Line Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector Carroll William Dodge
Donor Donated by Mary Dodge Cobb

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