Hat Band
Banda (Guatemalan Textile)
85-2-284
From: Guatemala | Department of Solola
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 85-2-284 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cakchiquel |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Solola |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Silk |
| 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." |
| 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 |
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