Pasion's Necklace "Snatz' Paxyon"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Walter F. Morris Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Robert M. Laughlin
notes: label: Notes
content: NECKLACE MADE OF NINETEEN BUNCHES OF RIBBONS SEWNIN EVEN INTERVALS TO A THIN CORD OF TWISTED RED THREAD. RIBBONS ARE GREEN, YELLOW, RED, AND FUSHIA. BLACK SEED BEADS AND PINK GLASS BEADS ARE STRUNG ON CORD BETWEEN RIBBONS. BUNCHES OF RIBBONS GRADUALLY DECREASE IN LENGTH ON EITHER SIDE TOWARD THE CENTER. SHORT STRING OF 12 BEADSWITH A CROSS SUSPENDED FROM END HUNG FROM THE CENTRAL BUNCH OF RIBBONS. WORN BY PASSION CARGOHOLDER DURING PRE- LENTEN CARNIVAL CELEBRATION "TAJIMOLTIK". THESE ARE GRASP-ED IN CEREMONIAL GREETING WHEN CARGOHOLDERS MEET, PRAY AND/OR DRINK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tzotzil Maya, Chamula
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 359007
label: USNM Number
content: E423119-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 63 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 44 cm