Object name: Hair ornament / Media available: legacy documentation / Function: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 3-27263, described as Hair ornament. Loosely twisted pink cord, multi-colored pompoms with tassels and multi-colored beads. Length 188 cm. Mexico, Sierra de Puebla (attributed to San Pablito by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, 1984). Native name and meaning: “cordon con chaquira” Wool yarn, beads Context of use: to be braided into the hair of women. These cords were made for the tourist trade; this piece shows the coarser workmanship and garish colors now used. -- A. de A. Blomberg, 1984 See also 3-28841-42

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 9-11207, described as hair ornament; twisted red cotton thread with three tassels of gold and silver tinsel and red artificial silk floss; Length 63 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 5-4245, described as Circular hair ornament (langaz) of squirrel tail hairs bound together at base; affixed to cordage loop; diameter ornament only 10 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 5-4248, described as Circular hair ornament (langaz) of squirrel tail hairs bound together at base; affixed to bark; diameter 8 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 5-4249, described as Circular hair ornament (langaz) of squirrel tail hairs bound together at base; length 8.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 5-4109, described as Woman's hair ornament; ostrich egg shell beads strung to form a flat band (with the bead edges up); 8.5 cm x 4.0 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 9-11220, described as hair ornament; black cotton thread with three knotted tassels; Length 61 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 5-4099, described as Woman's hair ornament; string of ostrich egg shell beads with pendant strings of ostrich egg shell beads and tsi beans (Bauhinia esculenta); 23 cm long (doubled).

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 5-4247, described as Circular hair ornament (langaz) of squirrel tail hairs bound together at base; affixed to twisted fiber; L. ornament only 7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 5-8013, described as metal awl