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38-23-100

From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38-23-100
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Huichol
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Straw | Wool | Feather | Squirrel Tail
Description

Coils of braided straw. Broad brim, small hemispherical crown. Decorated with feathers, squirrel tails, and red and blue wool balls. Worn by men on ceremonial journey to seek for peyote plants.

Width 38 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938

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