Hair Band
Cinta
85-2-185
From: Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Cinta |
| Object Number | 85-2-185 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Ixil |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Santa Maria Nebaj | Department of Quiche |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Hair band of red cotton with green stripes. Ends are triangular with three loops covered with embroidery. Multicolored tassel as fringe. One end brocaded in geometric pattern. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 68 epi, two singles, Z twist, red and green cotton. Four singles, white cotton. Two ply cotton in multicolors. Weft: 22 ppi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Single faced brocading. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 350 cm |
| Width | 34 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
| Other Number | 185 - Other Number |
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