Hair Band
Cinta
85-2-226A
From: Guatemala | Jacaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Cinta |
| Object Number | 85-2-226A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jacaltec |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Jacaltenango | Department of Huehuetenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk | Wool |
| Description | Hair band of green cotton ground with a white border. Silk brocading with animal and floral designs. Braided fringes. Hand loomed silk, cotton and wool. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 72 epi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Weft: 36 ppi, two singles, Z twist, green cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Two faced brocading. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 32 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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