Objects Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
00.25.1 |
Object Name |
Firecracker |
Description |
One used, tan and brown, homemade firecracker. Referred to as a 'coete'. Comprised of a piece of bamboo wrapped with twine and lashed to a thin piece of wood with a plastic string. Brown paper is tied to the top of the bamboo and the bamboo compartment is completely filled with gunpower, called 'polvora', and little bags of material to give the sparks color. |
Site Name |
La Libertad, Honduras |
Site # |
Site 2206 |
Material |
Composite |
Date |
Circa 1970-1981 |
Collector |
Blustain, Malinda S. |
Collection date |
1981-07-23 |
Lexicon sub-category |
Composite |
Place |
Honduras | Comayagua | *County* | La Libertad |