Hair Band
Cinta
85-2-133
From: Guatemala | Totonicapan
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Cinta |
| Object Number | 85-2-133 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guatemalan | Quiche |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Totonicapan |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cotton | Rayon |
| Description | Ceremonial hair band. Tapestry woven. Ends are fringed oval balls with rayon fringes with looped binders and fringes. Bought in Rabinal, Baja Verapaz. As per Sigrid Meier, "White cotton warp, S twist, used single, double or multiple. Weft faced plain weave. Weft faced tapestry weave." |
| Length | 320 cm |
| Width | 3 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 | 5 - Field No SF |
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