Flag "Nichimal Banterex"
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: LONG RECTANGLE OF COMMERCIAL CLOTH DOUBLED OVER AND SEWN TOGETHER ALONG SELVAGES AND END. SEAM ALONG FOLDED EDGE CREATES POCKET FOR INSERTION OF PINE POLE. TIE MADE OF SAME CLOTH SEWN TO END OF SEAM TO TIE AROUND POLE. FLAG SERVES AS "CLOTHES" FOR LANCE TIP REPRESENTING CHRIST THAT IS CARRIED BY PASSION CARGOHOLDER DURING PRE-LENTEN CARNIVAL CELEBRATION "TAJIMOLTIK". CLOTH IS OFF-WHITE WITH HORIZONTAL BANDS OF FLORAL PATTERN IN RED, GREEN, AND BLUE. THE FLORAL PATTERN SIGNIFIES DIVINITY OF FLAG. USED BY THE PASSION OF BARRIO SAN JUAN IN 1979 AND 1980.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: E423120-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 188 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 76 cm