Monkey Hat "Batz'"
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: UNTANNED HOWLER MONKEY SKIN COVERED WITH DARK, BROWNISH BLACK FUR FORMED INTO A CONICAL HAT WITH CHIN STRAP ATTACHED AT BOTH ENDS AND SIDE PIECE RESEMBLING A TAIL. TWO THIN STICKS SEWN TO INTERIOR OF HAT TO PROP UP SIDES OF CROWN. RED, GREEN, YELLOW, AND FUSCHIA RIBBONS SEWN TO SIDES AND TOP OF HAT, AND ALSO THE "TAIL." WORN AS PART OF MONKEY COSTUME DURING PRE-LENTEN CARNIVAL CELEBRATION "TAJIMOLTIK" AND AT OTHER FIESTAS DURING THE YEAR. MADE IN 1970.
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: E423098-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 96 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 17 cm