Headdress
Tocoyal
69-23-21
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola | Nahuala
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-23-21 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola | Nahuala |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Silk |
| Iconography | Man | Figures | Bird | Eagle |
| Description | Man's. Black cotton with fuschia pin stripes, plain weave, single breadth. Brocading: 4 rows of four individual figures each in red, orange, yellow, green blue, white [ silk and cotton] Motifs: 1st and 4th rows double headed eagles. 2nd and 3rd rows double headed fowl[?]. No two colored exactly alike. As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 46 epi, 2 singles, Z twist, black cotton, 2 ply magenta. Weft: 28 ppi, 2 singles, Z twist, black cotton. Warp plain weave. Supplemental weft two faced. 1 panel - 2 selvedges. Made on a backstrap loom." |
| Length | 57 cm |
| Width | 65 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1969 |
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