Ribbons For The Top Of The Flag "Lixtonal Sjol Jtotik"
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: EIGHT BUNDLES OF RIBBONS USED TO TIE IN LAYERS ABOVE FLAG RIGHT BELOW LANCE TIP REPRESENTING CHRIST THAT IS CARRIED ON A PINE POLE BY PASSION CARGOHOLDER DURING PRE-LENTEN CARNIVAL CELEBRATION "TAJIMOLTIK". EACH BUNDLE CONSISTS OF FOUR BUNCHES OF RIBBONS (FOUR RIBBONS IN EACH BUNCH) DOUBLED OVER ANOTHER RIBBON IN A ROW AND SEWN TO THAT RIBBON WITH RED COTTON THREAD. RIBBONS ARE PINK, RED,GREEN, AND YELLOW. THESE ARE CONSIDERED SACRED WHEN ATTACHED TO POLE, AND ARE DISTRIBUTED AFTERWARDS TO PARTICIPANTS OF FESTIVAL. NEW, MADE BY OUTGOING PASSION "HLOKEM" OF BARRIO SAN JUAN IN 1980.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Nov 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
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: E423121-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11 cm