Head Band
Cinta
85-2-324
From: Guatemala | San Juan Ostuncalco | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Cinta |
| Object Number | 85-2-324 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mam |
| Provenience | Guatemala | San Juan Ostuncalco | Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Hair band of red cotton with brocaded geometric designs in purple, green, blue, and yellow cotton thread. Hemmed at both ends. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 40 epi, three singles, Z twist, red cotton. Weft: 20 ppi, four singles, Z twist, red cotton in ground weave. Warp faced plain weave. Two faced brocading. Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 292 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
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