Headdress

Tocoyal

85-2-85

From: Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tocoyal
Object Number 85-2-85
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pocomam
Provenience Guatemala | Mixco | Department of Guatemala
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Wool
Description

Woman's, ceremonial eaddress made of strands of wool yarn caught in center by a red vervet band and crowned with a circular piece of red fabric. Label reads, "Tocoyal de al Capitana Mixquena de la Cofradia de al Virgen Moren (28 Enero)."

Length 115 cm
Width 18 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 85 - Other Number

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