Hat Band
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
| Object Number: | 85-2-284 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience: | Guatemala Department of Solola |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Silk |
| Length: | 148 cm |
| Width: | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985 |
Description
Silk hat band of blue ground. Embroidered with symbols of fertility: flowers and birds. Made in China and used by the "Mayordomos de Cofradia."
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