Cargoholder's Round Straw Hat "Spixol 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: ROUND STRAW HAT FORMED BY FINELY PLAITED, FLAT STRIPS OF TAN PALM FIBER. WIDE, FLAT BRIM, ROUNDED CROWN TOPPED BY A CONE OF WIDER BLACK AND TAN PALM STRIPS. THREE DOUBLE ROWS OF BLACK PALM PLAITS DECORATE THE LOWER PORTION OF CROWN, LOWER PLAIT OF EACH ROW ALSO HAS RED AND ORANGE THREAD PLAITED IN. EDGE OF BRIM DECORATED WITH TWO ROWS OF BLACK PLAITS, WITH BLACK TRIANGLE PATTERN OUTLINED IN RED THREAD BETWEEN THE TWO ROWS. SIX BUNCHES OF RED AND GREEN RIBBONS SEWN TO BASE OF CROWN. TASSLE OF RED THREAD SEWN TO TOP OF CONE AND COVERING TOP OF CROWN; (MAY BE MISSING SOME CROWN RIBBONS). CHIN STRAP CONSISTS OF RED AND GREEN RIBBONS SEWN TOGETHER WITH RED THREAD. WORN AS PART OF A PASSION CARGOHOLDER'S COSTUME DURING PRE-LENTEN CARNIVAL CELEBRATION "TAJIMOLTIK". MADE IN 1979.
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: E423112-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 41 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 16 cm