Moral (Shoulder Bag)

Maker Unknown, OtomÍ

ClassificationsPersonal Accessories

Date1954

Dimensions12 1/4” H (with flap closed) x 14” W

Materials/TechniqueCloth

SignedNone

Credit LineGift of Bruce Ergood ‘52

Object numberNLA2013.33.ERG

DescriptionMoral (shoulder bag) with fringed flap and woven strap, green and white with large diamonds surrounding smaller concentric diamonds and other geometric figures. Flap has a different pattern of a alternating groups of seven small diamonds with a “horned diamond” in between them.

Place of origin / madeMéxico, North America and Central America

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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