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Small bag with pre-conquest double-headed eagle design
Small bag with pre-conquest double-headed eagle design
Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.59
Display Title Small bag with pre-conquest double-headed eagle design
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30408 (whole board) H8152"; Typed caption on mount: "Small bag with pre-conquest double-headed eagle design. / (See Lumholtz, Carl - 'Unknown Mexico' Vol. II, p. 222) / Collection list No. 34"
Keywords
  • Household
  • Clothing and Accessory
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Bag
  • Woven
Department Photographic
Date 1938
Artist Edwin F. Myers
Culture
  • Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 17.145 cm (5 × 6 3/4 in.)

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