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

Provenance and sources

when
End of the 20th century
where
Mexico
Chiapas
Selva Lacandona
who
Delitz
B. Bornemann
Maya

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