Hair Band
Cinta
66-34-66
From: Guatemala | Quezaltenango | Department of Quezaltenango
Curatorial Section: American
| 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 |
| 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." |
| Length | 164 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Howard H. Tewksbury, 1966 |
| Other Number | A-66 - Other Number |
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