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1938.36.1852.4

Toy horsehair and grass basket. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/3/2005]

1938.36.1852.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Toy horsehair and grass basket. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/3/2005]
Geographical reference
Mexico
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Mexico
Guanajuato Santa Cruz de Galeano
Cultural groups
Otomí
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
1939
Acquisition information
Donated: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Horse Hair Animal, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Wicker Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Diameter: max 20 mm, Height: max 16 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1852.4 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1794
Research and responses

Purchased Toluca market 1939. Accessions book has added note that these baskets are Otomi; however they are labelled Santa Cruz de Galeano, Guanajuato, and resemble another specimen collected by Beatrice Blackwood from there (BB 1795). LM.

Search terms: Basketry, Toy and Game, Children and Childcare, Model, Basket