Hair Band

Cinta

42-35-19

Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery

From: Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Cinta
Object Number 42-35-19
Current Location Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display
Culture Guatemalan | Quiche
Provenience Guatemala | Santo Tomas Chichicastenango | Department of Quiche
Culture Area Central American
Date Made -1933
Section American
Materials Cotton | Silk
Description

Hair band worn plaited into woman's two long hanging braids. Red cotton with silk ends which are of successive bands of green magenta and orange. For woman of noble rank. 42-35-15/20 belong together

Height 0.8 cm
Length 389.5 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942
Other Number VI-D - Other Number

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