Circum-Caribbean
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| 251 | 1993.37.3 | Poncho | Cream colored canvas with stripes. Cotton square, with sides open. "V" at center of serape for head, marked by leather triangles at bottom of the V in the front and the V in the back. It is woven with cotton. Bottom is marked by tassels extending from the cotton in the body of the garment. Stripes are woven into the garment. "Grant" is written in permanent marker at the V on the inside of the garment. Color: CR,BK,RD |
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| 252 | 1993.37.37 | Shawl | Tight black cotton weave; square, plus fringe. The first inch consists of a very loose weave of all the fingers, the last 6" are black tassels. "Colombia" is written in black permanent ink on yellow fabric & appears to have been glued on. Color: BK |
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| 253 | 1993.37.6 | Shoe | Sandals. Woven cotton upper in diamond and triangle desgins over the top half of the sandal. A small hole is left at the toe. A strap of the same off-white cotton weave srurrounds the heel. The lower is braided fique, a plant fiber. a. Left. b. Right. Color: TN,WH |
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| 254 | 1993.37.7 | Sandal | Sandals. Green & white. Woven cotton upper covering top half of foot, Weaving design consists of 3 1/2" stripes paralleled by six 1/8" units of checks. There is no back strap. A small hole is left at the toe. A strap of the same off-white cotton weave srurrounds the heel. The lower is braided fique, a plant fiber. a. Left. b. Right. Color: GR,TN |
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| 255 | 1993.37.8 | Sandal | Children's sandals. Woven cotton upper covers the top half of the sandal. It is decorated with green, orange and red yarn in "X", "V" and dot designs. One small hole is left at the center front of the sandal. The same cotton weave is used for the back strap of the sandal. The side of each sole is decorated with orange yarn. The sole of the sandal is made of braided fique. 1. right. b. left. Color: TN,GR,RD,OR |
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| 256 | 1993.37.9 | Bag | Decorated in 3" wide horizontal stripes. At bottom, light brown followed by green, pink, then yellow, then purple. Strap is braided with 10 twisted strings of fique. Color: TN,ML |
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| 257 | 1994.30.37 | Quirt | Braided around a tapering piece of wood about 20" long. Widest at the handle, where wood terminates. Away from the handle the rawhide extends about 11". At the end of the handle the rawhide is tied together to form a loop. Color: BR |
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| 258 | 1994.30.38 | Quirt | Braided around a tapering piece of wood about 20" long. Widest at the handle where wood terminates. Away from the handle the rawhide extends about 11". At the end of the handle the rawhide is tied together to form a loop. Color: BR |
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| 259 | 1994.30.39 | Whip | At one end the piece is formed into a loop about 1/2' across. From there the piece is braided & tapers to 1/4" at the other end, which is frayed and lashed together. Color: Tn,BR |
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| 260 | 1994.30.40 | Sconce | Cylindrical can with handle. Bottom part is about 2". Dome shaped; goes up with small cylinder at top. Bottle cap soldered upside down on this. Another 1" long cylinder attached to bottle cap. Candle sits in this piece. Red candle, twisted. Color: SL,RD |
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| 261 | 1994.30.42 | Pipe | Stem is approximately 3 1/2" long. Has a gold band in the middle. There is a silver band near the base of the stem and pipe. Bowl is about 3/4' across. The bowl is lined metal and fits over rim of bowl. Color: BK,GD,SL |
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| 262 | 1994.30.43 | Pipe | Stem is approximately 3 1/2' long and is black. There is a silver band around the stem near the end where the pipe fits on to the bowl. The bowl is brown and about 3/4' across. Lined with metal that extends over rim of bowl.. Color: BK,BR |
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| 263 | 1994.30.44 | Pipe | Stem is brown and approximately 4" long; glued to the bowl. Bowl is brown also; about 1/4" across and lined with metal. Color: TN,BR |
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| 264 | 1994.30.45 | Novelty, doll | Sits on a round wooden piece. Main body is composed of 3 large nuts with a metal piece running through all of them. There is a small seed and a metal crown in the head. The head has a face painted on it. Arms are made of beans, red and white seeds. Skirt is made of seeds and metal. There are gold rings all over the skirt. Color: RD,BR,WHYL |
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| 265 | 1994.30.46 | Doll | Long white dress with blue scarf around neck; plastic beads around the neck. Body is metal wrapped with brown string. Head is wrapped in a white hat surrounded by a black band. There is a green, red and yellow pineapple on her head. Doll is standing on a wooden base. Feet are wrapped around nails to hold it in place. Color: WH,BL,BR,BK |
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| 266 | 1994.30.47 | Doll | Two dolls on a single wooden base. One doll has a red hat with an orange and green shirt, a green belt and blue pants. The body is black thread wrapped around metal. The other doll has a red and white head with blue, yellow, orange wearing a red and white shawl with a yellow sash, a large green skirt wearing green, white and red glass beads necklace.. Color: BL,GR,BK,RD,YL |
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| 267 | 1994.30.48 | Doll | Girl standing on a small wooden base secured by small nails through the feet. Yellow and green pineapple on the head. Wearing a plastic necklace that is red and blue. There is a blue sash hanging off the right shoulder. Dress is mainly white, but has some green fringe near the top and some red fringe near the bottom, wearing a red glas bead necklace. Color: WH,BL,RD,GR |
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| 268 | 1994.30.49 | Candle | Long and slender with both ends tapering off. One end is closed. The other has the wick extending about 1/4". Loop on wick end. Color: TN |
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| 269 | 1994.30.50 | Candle | Wick extends 1/4", both ends taper. Color: WH |
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| 270 | 1994.30.51 | Candle | Wick extends 1/4", both ends taper. Looped at wick end. Color: TN |
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| 271 | 1994.30.52 | Candle | Wick extends 1/4", both ends taper. Color: TN |
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| 272 | 1994.30.53 | Card, entry | Two cards attached along perforation, one for entry, the other for exit. Has officaial stamps and signatures. Color: WH,BK,BL,RD |
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| 273 | 1994.30.54 | Card, tourist entry | Two cards: one for entrance and one for exit from Panama. Has names of people who used the card and official stamps and signatures attached to each other along a perforated line. Color: TN,BK |
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| 274 | 1994.33.0027 | Bow | Six pieces. a. Bow: handmade. b - f. Arrow. c. Has slight cracks in shaft of projectile. d & f. cord next to head of projectile is loose; e & f. shaft has slight cracks. Color: BK,TN |
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| 275 | 1995.21.521 | Maracas | Wooden handle approximately 7" long going into gourd. Flower-type pattern at the bottom. 5 black petals surrounded by 4 larger green petals. Top of maraca is also a flower-type pattern. 4 brown petals outlined in black. In middle of gourd are various designs in black and red. Color: BR,GR,BK,RD |
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| 276 | 1995.21.522 | Maracas | Wooden handle approximately 6 1/2' long. Bottom of gourd has 4 black petals with 4 red petals. The top has 4 red petals with 4 green petals. Color: BR,BK,RD |
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| 277 | 1995.21.523 | Maracas | Wooden handle apporximately 3 3/4' long. Maraca is oblong shaped as opposed to round; plain brown. Color: BR |
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| 278 | 1995.21.524 | Maracas | Wooden handle approximately 4" long. Gourd has animal face on it. 2 ears near the top, 2 eyes in the center, whiskers and a nose near the bottom. The back has various etchings and symbols. Top of handle sticks out about 1/4" Color: BK,TN |
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| 279 | 1995.21.526 | Bag, duffle | Large bag that is drawn shut at top by a rope. Double sewn on sides of bag and at the bottom. Writing on one side. White label sewn on side with "Mrs. Martin Grant, Bogota, Colombia, So. Amer." Color: BL |
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| 280 | 1995.21.577 | Shoe | Sole made out of a tightly woven grass-like fiber. Front of shoe has canvas-type material sewn onto the sole; has an opening at the front. a. right. B. left. Color: TN |
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| 281 | 1995.22.1 | Box | Pine box chip carved "HAITI" and painted black except grooves carved on all surfaces of lid. No hinges or lock. Color: BK |
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| 282 | 1997.10.5 | Bag | Five pieces of processed bark sewed together to form shopping bag. Two pieces are side panels, one the bottom panel, 33 3/4" wide, and two pieces the handles. Top edge and bottom panel have widely spaced blanket stitch of twisted twine, which secures the unbleached muslin lining to the bag. One side panel has two motifs painted on. Each is of 2 stylized animals facing each other. Animals are drawn in black, as are the mouths and eyes. Eyes and background are red. Red background outlined in wide black line. Other side panel plain cream. Color: CR,RD,BK |
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| 283 | 1997.4.13 | Paddle | Wide ovoid, flat paddle carved in one with cylindrical handle. End of handle carved into plain 4" knob, cylindrical in shape. Paddle is trimmed with pattern of red dots. Marked in pencil by the collector "From Indian River tribe east of mountains near Bogota. |
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| 284 | 1997.4.30.1 | Mortar | Fashioned from tree trunk shaped to produce modified hourglass shape. Bowl at top has walls 3/4'' thick. |
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| 285 | 1997.4.30.2 | Pestle | Very heavy wood, rounded at the bottom and slightly less so on top. Tapers from both top and bottom to center of length. Written in black ink on center "Dominican Republic 1956. In common use grinding corn and coffee." Written on smaller end in black ink "3". |
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| 286 | 1997.4.5 | Raft, model | Long narrow raft of 9 bamboo stems with bench sort of construction on top. Base pieces connected with bamboo strip threaded through with another lashed with copper wire, with another nailed on and also with copper wire. Two poles of similar girth as base are at sides on 2/3 of length. Bench arrangement of shorter segments sits on these poles. Color: TN |
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| 287 | 1998.1.1 | Mask | Long blue bull mask with 2 horns. Face is painted like a globe. There are yellow continent shapes around the eye holes and down and under the mouth, There are also black lines drawn to represent latitude and longitude lines. The mouth is stylized and resembles a duck's beak more than a bull's snout. The eyes are teardrop shape. "96" is impressed into the forehead outlined in black. On the left horn are painted three children. The first is peach colored & has yellow shorts. The middle has a white body & black shorts. The bottom child is black with red shorts. The children start at the base of the horn and go up 11 1/2". The right horn has three white birds that also take up 11 1/2" of the horn. The horns each measure 22 1/2" long. The overall color of the mask is light blue with white mixed in to make the color look like water and sky. The inside of the mask is brown and left unpainted except for the puddle of white paint around th eye. The beak is rather dusty and dirty looking. A copper wire is inserted at the top of the skull for hanging. Color: BL,YL,BK,WH,RD, |
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| 288 | 1998.20.17 | Pitcher | Chibcha god depicted. Small hands and feet, painted orange. Large orange face is half of pitcher. Has big eyes which appear closed and lips; nose large with yellow gull's ring though it. Yellow ribbed collar around neck. Elaborate headdress with large half-circle earrings, points facing outward. Yellow lines drawn to create diamond shape. "Hat" is orange and curved like half circle, straight edge being the bottom. Lines carved crease squares and scallops across the front; has yellow flowers at top. Hat is trimmed along top with yellow border; lines cut into it, making it look like sun rays. Spigot also in border, and green stopper is behind it. Thick orange handle. |
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| 289 | 1999.1.1 | Mask | Carnival face mask. Has elongated snout which turns upward at the tip. Face features include cut-outs for the eyes and mouth on both sides of the face and snout respectively. These cut-outs are highlighted in sky blue. Attached on the forehead is a diamond shaped piece of cloth with green background and metallic fringes displaying a gingerbread man and pieces of candy. Each eye has a prounced ridge above and below it. Two large horns emerge from the temples of the face. Each horn is covered with hundreds of conical points. Each horn is tipped with a small metal decoration. The base coat of the mask is red, all other colors are splatter painted on it. Behind the left eye in sky-blue the initials "RD" are written. The inside is primarily brown paper with some areas having paint spatter. Inside written in blue marker "Man/Careta '99" and "2/1/99". Wire for hanging attached at top center of mask. Color: RD,YL,WH,BL |
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