Circum-Caribbean
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| 1 | 00.56.5.8.1 | Shoe | Pair. Fancy dress shoes. Embroidered in red and blue. Woven fiber soles. Faded blue bow with buckle on top. a. Left. b. Right. Color: TN,RD,BL |
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| 2 | 00.70.58a | Machete | Machete a. Metal machete with riveted handle and leather scabbard with metal tip riveted ban around top. Blade has "No. 1005" engraved near handle. |
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| 3 | 00.70.58b | Machete,Sheath | Machete sheath b. Leather case with loop at top of scabbard. |
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| 4 | 1968.9.3 | Picture | Bullocks and driver on wagon on country road. Oil painting on diagonal cross section of tree trunk or branch. "Costa Rica" painted on front. with gray linen glued wall mount hangar attached at top. |
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| 5 | 1968.9.4 | Saddle bag | Pair; made of fique (fee-kay), from Honduras, 1945. Outer stripes magenta, green inside; double center stripes magenta. 4 heavy braided strands connecting the bags, inner surfaces, outer ones being continuous with fibers of bags. Bound together at centers of strands. Thinner braided cord through loops of outer sides of both bags making bags easy to carry together by hand. Color: TN,PR, GR |
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| 6 | 1968.9.40.6 | Sulphate, quinine | Vial with 31 tablets. Cork stopper. Label "Quinine sulfate" at top. Label inside vial. Color: WH,CL |
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| 7 | 1968.9.40.7 | Sulphate, quinine | Powdered. In glass vial with cork stopper. Color: WH,CL |
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| 8 | 1968.9.40.8 | Tablet | Twenty-one atabrin tablets in clear glass vial with cork stopper. Yellow tablets. Color: YL |
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| 9 | 1968.9.5.1 | Basket | Multi-colored woven basket, red, yellow, green, and violet. Heavy red edge. Color: RD,YL,GR,LV |
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| 10 | 1968.9.5.2 | Bag | Made of 11 strips sewed together vertically plus binding strip on all edges. Side inserts of 5 strips each. Number near top of side insert. Color: TN,LV,GR,PR |
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| 11 | 1968.9.6.1 | Cup | Gourd, with cover and stand. Design cut into pieces, painted, or lacquered. a. Cup detailed designs of a flag, a man, a dancing woman, an owl, a bird on a plant, and a flower. Colors brown and green with yellow backgrounds. b. Cover brown & green fern-like design with yellow background. C. Stand. Scalloped top edge with flower and triangular design brown & yellow. Color: BK,BR |
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| 12 | 1968.9.6.2 | Basket | Small woven basket, natural color trimmed with violet, pink, and green. Has lid, latch, and handle. Color: TN,LV,PK,GR |
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| 13 | 1968.9.6.3 | Fan | Square palm leaf fan, green, yellow, pink and lavendar, woven diagonally across square. Handle straight. Color: GR,YL,PK,LV |
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| 14 | 1968.9.6.4 | Bag | Colored strips sewed together on a backing of soft brown paper, which lines the bag. Strips form two horeshoe-shaped patterns. Edge strip continues to top to form handle with hole cut out and lined with another strip. Color: BR,YL,GR,PK |
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| 15 | 1968.9.8.0002 | Basket | Covered. Round. a. Basket with upright handle. b. Lid. |
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| 16 | 1968.9.8.0003 | Petaca | Petaca (one section fits into another). a. Inner section. b. Outer section. Color: TN,YL,GR,RD-LV |
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| 17 | 1968.9.8.0005 | Case, cigarette | Woven fiber cigarette case, a. and lid, b. Color: TN |
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| 18 | 1968.9.8.0018 | Basket | Household bag for eggs. Round. with attached lid, Handle goes through lid so it will not come off. Very faded green and red strip around lid and around bottom of basket. Color: TN,RD.GR |
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| 19 | 1968.9.8.0020 | Basket | Round, woven. Some red and green trim. Color: TN,RD |
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| 20 | 1968.9.8.0021 | Basket | Made of two 9" circles that form top and bottom with 4" wide band that forms side of basket. A 6 1/2" section opens to form entry to basket which has a braided loop that fits over "button" to keep closed. Four additional buttons, one at each corner of opening and 1 on top and bottom of basket. Braided handle on each side with 2 braided cross pieces. Resembles a canteen. Color: ML |
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| 21 | 1968.9.8.0022 | Purse | Square shoulder bag with lid and handle.. Trimmed in blue-green and red-violet. Color: TN,RD |
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| 22 | 1968.9.8.0023 | Basket | Egg-shaped; opens vertically. Two halves, each with red-violet V's. a. Half with band 1 1/4" wide. b. Half with handle still intact. c. Broken handle. [c found in CS 245 1] Color: RD-PR |
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| 23 | 1968.9.8.1 | Bellyband | For horse. Woven of natural fiber, with 7" fringe on each end. Color: TN |
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| 24 | 1968.9.8.10 | Bag | Man's mochilla (bag). Open weave, 2 handles 20" long, one on each side with loop set fringe at end. Color: TN |
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| 25 | 1968.9.8.11 | Belt | Fancy black leather belt with yellow top stitiching. Has money pocket on inside and out. Holster and cartridge section. White metal belt buckle hole linings. Large silver coloreuckle. Fancy C-shaped insert at end where buckle fits into hole. White button on holster. Color: BK,YL,RD |
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| 26 | 1968.9.8.13 | Saddle bag | Pair (separated). Woven; natural color with one red and one green stripe in one piece woven together along sides with woven braid around top. a. and b. Color: TN,RD,GR |
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| 27 | 1968.9.8.14.1 | Picture | Cutout picture of a man and a woman dancing. Outer edge black. Back painted green. Color: BK,BR,GR |
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| 28 | 1968.9.8.15 | Hammock | Vertical stripes. Color: RD,YL,GR |
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| 29 | 1968.9.8.16 | Bag | Bag of fique Ttrimmed with diagonal stripes of orange and red orange. Handle. Color: OR,RD-OR |
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| 30 | 1968.9.8.17 | Bag, shoulder | Man's over the shoulder bag made from tightly coiled twine. Alternating bands of purple, natural and red. No pockets. Handle extends 12" above bag. Color: TN,PR,RD |
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| 31 | 1968.9.8.33 | Necklace | Of small clam shells, some painted light blue. Some white. Strung on a cord. Color: BL, WH |
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| 32 | 1968.9.8.6 | Petaca | Two parts. a. Inner section fits into b. Outer section. Color: TN |
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| 33 | 1968.9.8.7 | Shoe | Children's slippers. White canvas uppers with leather sole. Black embroidery around opening and across top of insole and toe. Strap back. a. Right. b. Left. Color: WH,BK |
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| 34 | 1968.9.8.8 | Necklace | Made of small orange tinted clam shells. No clasp. Shells are small, some open, some not and some separated into 2 pieces. Color: OR |
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| 35 | 1970.9.59 | Tripod | Candle-holder. Designs in incised lines. Lines painted white. |
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| 36 | 1971.36.0002 | Saddle, pack | Saddle. Oval bent to crescent shape. Constructed of longitudinal rows of plant fibers bound together, in 15 1/2" circumference bundle, by plant fibers encircling them. 3" strip of brown and white short-haired animal skin (calf?) running lengthwise of the saddle on the lower inner side of saddle. Single heavy cord runs lengthwise along outside of saddle and 2-8" braided cords 2' apart extend from one inner side to the opposite side. Color: YL,CR,BR |
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| 37 | 1971.36.1 | Stove | Circular, top funnel shaped, 12 1/4'' diameter, narrowing to 5 3/4" grill with holes on which carcoal is put. Chamber below grill 4" high by 5'' diameter, opening 3 3/4" wide by 4'' high for draft. Base a metal disk 7" in diameter. Color: WH,BR,GR,BL |
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| 38 | 1971.7 | Postcard | Shows Costa Rican oxcart. Side view. Color: RD,GR,YL |
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| 39 | 1972.18.10 | Bowl | Calabash. Natural, varnished in color with black, yellow, and orange painted design encircling outside of bowl. Color: TN,BK,YL,OR |
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| 40 | 1972.18.11 | Bust | Metal decoration around neck, hair and ears. Color: BR |
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| 41 | 1972.18.13 | Bowl | Oblong. Polished: shellacked or varnished. Written on bottom "The Salvation Army workshop for the Blind and Handicapped. Port au Prince, Haiti." (Paper label.) Color: BR |
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| 42 | 1972.18.14 | Dish | Three pieces. a. Dish b. Spoon. c. Spoon. Spoons shaped like shovels. Dish is divided into two compartments for condiments. Spoons are 2 3/4" long and 1" wide. Color: TN |
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| 43 | 1972.18.15 | Necklace | Of Job's tears dyed blue. Color: BL |
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| 44 | 1972.18.16 | Necklace | Of Job's tears dyed pink. Color: PK |
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| 45 | 1972.18.2 | Fan | Pink and green inserts. Braided band along top. Two ribs extend below fan to form a loop handle. "Haiti" embroidered in pink at top right. Color: YL,GR |
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| 46 | 1972.18.3 | Vase | Carved; dark brown with light brown design. Color: BR |
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| 47 | 1972.18.4 | Doll | In natural dress. Selling cloth on streets, holding yardstick. Wood base. Doll's skirt is pink; top is pink, blue,yellow, white and black print; hat is pink, yellow, blue and red; cloth is red and yellow. Color: PK,RD |
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| 48 | 1972.18.5 | Vase | Carved wood. Dark brown with light brown design. Slightly cracked the entire length of vase. Urn shaped with circular base. Color: BR |
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| 49 | 1972.18.6 | Lamp | Metal lamp model. White with painting of man and woman, one on each side, in light blue, black, gold and red. Loop handle on one side. Metal piece on top with wick. Color: YL,GD,BL,BK,RD |
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| 50 | 1972.18.7 | Brooch | Flower with outer petals cut to resemble fringe. Wire stem extends through flower to make center loop. Color: SL |
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