Hair Band
Cinta
85-2-21
From: Guatemala | Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Cinta |
| Object Number | 85-2-21 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Totonicapan | Department of Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Manufacture Location | Guatemala | Totonicapan |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Wool |
| Description | Belt with black and white striped cotton ground. Diamond designs in multiple colors. Tag reads, "Much embroidered in wool for tourist taste." As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 30 epi, two ply, black and white cotton. Weft: 10 ppi, four singles, Z twist, black cotton. Warp faced plain weave. Embroidered, Woven on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 122 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 | 21 - Other Number |
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