Hammock

29-60-34

From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-60-34
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kekchi (uncertain)
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon
Culture Area Central American
Locus Between Cahabon & Cancuen
Section American
Materials Agave Fiber
Description

Plain hammock of agave twine, with ropes; the ropes are old and smokey, the hammock almost new. Medium width [about 220 strings.]

Length 3.2 m
Credit Line Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920
Other Number 302 - Field No SF

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