Kneelength Leather Pants "Nukulal Vexal"
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: KNEELENGTH, SUEDE DEERSKIN PANTS, CUT IN THE STYLE OF SPANISH PANTALOONS. WAIST BAND ATTACHED ACROSS BACK OF PANTS WITH LACING IN CENTER OF BACK TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. ONE END OF WAIST BAND HAS TWO SLITS FOR BUTTONS.FRONT OF PANTS IS FLAP STYLE, OPEN AT BOTH SIDES FOR ACCESS TO POCKETS. SLIT ON OUTSIDE OF LEGS FROM CUFF UP ABOUT 22CM, EDGED WITH GREEN SATIN FINISH RIBBON. RED, WHITE, AND GREEN EMBROIDERY AT THE CUFFS AND CROTCH. RIPS NEAR CUFFS MENDED WITH ORANGE EMBROIDERY THREAD. MADE ABOUT 1970 AND USED WHEN PURCHASED. WORN AS PART OF MONKEY COSTUME DURING PRE-LENTEN CARNIVAL CELEBRATION "TAJIMOLTIK" AND AT OTHER FESTIVALS DURING THE YEAR.
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: E423105-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trousers
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 67 cm