Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Justo Armas (of San Salvador, El Salvador); purchased from him in 1926 by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) during the S. K. Lothrop Central American Expedition.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Pipil
- Previous owner
- Justo Armas, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Justo Armas, Non-Indian
- Expedition
- S. K. Lothrop Central American Expedition (1925-1926)
- Expedition leader
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Object Name
- Shawl
- Media/Materials
- Cotton cloth, embroidery floss
- Techniques
- Embroidered
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
