Toy, Airplane
Name/Title
Toy, AirplaneEntry/Object ID
1987.04.052Description
A palm woven airplane toy. The airplane is made of natural and dyed palm leaf strips. It has a rectangualr shaped body with horizontal green strips covered by blocks of pink, purple, yellow, green, and red strips woven around the body. The nose of airplane has a flat palm strip of red, the nose wing and tail are pink, yellow, red, and green strips. The tail end has a bent strip of red and yellow; wheels of natural and green strips. Cotton string is used to tie strips together and placed loosely.Artwork Details
Medium
Palm leaves of the region (guano), cotton, String, dyes straight pinMade/Created
Artist
Moses Ushcanu family (Maya)Date made
1980 - 1987Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Mexican