Name/Title
PurseEntry/Object ID
1987.04.056Description
A woven purse (Yoyo). The large purse is made of natural and dyed palm leaves. The purse has two curved handles made of wrapped palm leaves, a large round body, and round rows of wrapped and woven palm leaves leaving openings. There are dyed palm leaves in separate sections of the purse in pink, red, brown, green, and rose. The majority of the purse is natural in color.Artwork Details
Medium
dyes, Palm leaves (guano) of the regionMade/Created
Artist
Moses Uscanu family (Maya)Date made
circa 1987Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Mexican