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38-23-130B
From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-23-130B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huichol |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Plant Fiber |
| Technique | Braided |
| Description | Simple tubes of braided leaves of an agave-like plant, representing serpants. One end with a slit opening representing mouth; other end tied. Offerings to gods of rainy season. One of these was apparently in shamen's basket 38-23-137 |
| Length | 30 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938 |
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