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Object Number
2013.24.83
Display Title
Bag, boy's bag, brown and white, strap attached at two corners, decorated white blocks, horses and owners name
Descriptions
Object Description
Man's or boy's bag, one piece, knitted and used by men, black and white sheep's wool, strap, black and white wool back strap loomed, attached to two corners of bag, images of a horse, white blocks, and owners name
Inventory Description
Bag, boy's bag, brown and white wool, strap attached at two corners, decorated with white blocks, horses and owners name
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Solola
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<County>
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Nahuala
Materials
Wool
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of bag): 21 × 18 cm (8 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Overall (Measurement of strap): 60 × 4 cm (23 5/8 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.83
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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