Child's Cap and Fabrics (3)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1884
name: label: Donor Name
content: Government Of Guatemala
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CHILD'S SHIRT AND COTTON FABRICS FANCIFULLY EMBROIDERED. THIS NO. FROM THE "TEXTILE CATALOG" IN THE DIVISION OF CRAFTS AND INDUSTRIES. EXHIBITEDAT NEW ORLEANS NOV., 1978-CHILD'S CAP PROBABLY FROM SAN PEDRO SACATEPEQUEZ, (DEPT. GUATEMALA). COTTON BROCADING. USED TO WARD OFF "EVIL EYE", WHICH CAUSES. CHILDREN TO SICKEN OR DIE. ALSO, CEREMONIAL CLOTH. POSSIBLY COMALAPA OR SAN PEDRO SAC. (GUATEMALA). COTTON WITH SILK AND COTTON BROCADING IN IRREGULARLY SPACED MOTIFS. CHERRI PANCAKE. NEGATIVE NO 36,935-B."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: San Pedro Sacatepequez (not certain), San Marcos Department, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mam Maya (?)
label: Culture
content: Cakchikel (Kaqchikel) Maya (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 017849
label: USNM Number
content: E188079-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat / Ceremonial Textile / Medicine Textile