Name/Title
PurseEntry/Object ID
1987.04.053Description
A woven purse. A small girl's bag made of natural and dyed palm leaves. The high curved handle is wrapped with natural palm leaves. The square body has a checkered design of natural and dyed palm strips in green, pink, and purple. The purse has a triangle woven lid with a round loop. There is a palm leaf button in relief attached to the body, for the loop to close over.Artwork Details
Medium
Palm leaves of the region (guano) dyes.Made/Created
Artist
Moses Uscanu family (Maya)Date made
1987Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Mexican