Ethnology
Description
The ethnology collection features basketry, masks, ceramics, and other material culture from all over the world.
Collection Items
Instrument, Gusle
Gusle: single-string knee violin. It is wooden with detailed carvings. The sound box is covered with a skin (usually goat). The neck has two horse head carvings facing each other and there is a carving of a circular pattern on the reverse of the…
Serape
Late Classic Saltillo serape. Silk, natural wool, natural and analine (red) dyes. Commercial yarns, mechanically woven, non-continuous wrap textile, woven in two panels and stitched together with central serrated triple lobed diamond design element…
Vest
Vest from Bolivia. Brown vest with bright vertical lines on front.