Hair Band

Cinta

85-2-132

From: Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Totonicapan | Rabinal

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Cinta
Object Number 85-2-132
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guatemalan | Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Department of Baja Verapaz | Totonicapan | Rabinal
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Silk
Description

Silk tapestry hair band with silk rosettes on each end from which hang white silk loops with silk fringes.

As per Sigrid Meier, "White cotton warp used singly, double and multiple strands. Weft faced double faced tapestry weave."

Length 208 cm
Width 1.7 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 5 - Field No SF

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