Hair Band

Cinta

85-2-211

From: Guatemala | Coban | Sacapulas | Department of Quiche

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Cinta
Object Number 85-2-211
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sacapulteca
Provenience Guatemala | Coban | Sacapulas | Department of Quiche
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Cotton | Acrylic
Description

Hair band of dark red cotton bordered with white stripes. Acrylic pompoms.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 80 epi, two ply, white and maroon cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two ply, maroon cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Woven on a backstrap loom."

Length 262 cm
Width 7.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985
Other Number 211 - Other Number

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