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Dye

42-35-464

From: El Salvador | Department of Sonsonate

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 42-35-464
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nahuatl
Provenience El Salvador | Department of Sonsonate
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Palm Leaf
Technique Basketry
Description

small, square, palm leaf, containing nacascolo ornascolote, a fruit whose skin is used to dye gourds black,especially those of Izalco

Height 3 cm
Length 7 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number S-5 - Collector Number

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