Umbrella
29-60-50
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-60-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cohune Palm Leaf |
| Description | "The general shape , when rolled out, is square, or oblong; but somewhat tapering towards the top. The palm is cohune. The leaves, after being boiled are stitched together, overlapping, edge over edge, like the clapboards of a house, 70 or 80 leaves will be an ordinary width of umbrella. 100 leaves would be very wide; but it depends on the width of the leaves." |
| Width | 142 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
| Other Number | 318 - Field No SF |
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