Hair Band
Cinta
| Native Name | Cinta |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 66-34-66 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Guatemalan Quiche |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Quezaltenango Department of Quezaltenango |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Silk |
| Length: | 164 cm |
| Width: | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number: | A-66 - Other Number |
Description
Silk tapestry woven hair band. 110cm design units at both ends with horizontal stripes of birds, animals and geometrics. Undecorated area has bands of varying lengths of red-orange or magenta silk. Both ends finished with tassels starting with ball beading followed by tinsel wrapped maguey finished with a long tassel of either purple, green or gold silk threads.
As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 32 epi, single, Z twist, white cotton. Weft faced plain weave. Weft faced twill and double sided tapestry weave."
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