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Bag

Armadillo container; according to the information on the packaging, a gift from a "Mol" (old man) Chamula on the occasion of a celebration. The seed is still brought to the field in containers like this today.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Bag
Dimensions
Weight: 235 g
Height: 11,5 cm
Depth: 14,7 cm
Width: 21,1 cm
Material/Technique
Armadillo armour
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 50473

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    End of the 20th century
    where
    Mexico
    Chiapas
    Selva Lacandona
    who
    Delitz
    B. Bornemann
    Maya
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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