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38-23-130B

From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38-23-130B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Huichol
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Plant Fiber
Technique Braided
Description

Simple tubes of braided leaves of an agave-like plant, representing serpants. One end with a slit opening representing mouth; other end tied. Offerings to gods of rainy season. One of these was apparently in shamen's basket 38-23-137

Length 30 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938

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