Object class: Headgear / Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Totonicapán Department, Guatemala - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 3-28201, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Headband Materials: Cotton, Technique: weft faced motives in tapestry weave Colors: Varicolored, weft striped Dimensions: 64 1/2 x 5/8" Remarks: Human figure motives. Ends not finished ]

Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 3-28179, described as Headband. Cotton, silk, metal wrapped yarns. Weft faced, motives in tapestry weave, fringe with tassels. Varicolored. 129 by 1.5 inches. Weft striped, animal, geometric motives. January 1969 Condition good.

Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, accession number 3-28180, described as Headband. Cotton, silk, metal wrapped yarns. Weft faced, motives in tapestry weave, tassel. Varicolored. 58 by 5/8 inches. Animal, bird, geometric motives. One end unfinished. January 1969 Condition good.

Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, accession number 3-71, described as Child’s headband or cinta; twill and plain weaves; multicolored; silk; pom-pom with tassel on each end; approximately 66 cm long plus fringe, 1 cm wide

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-80, described as Woman’s headband or cinta; twill and plain weave; wool and cotton; red with multicolored stripes; approximately 1 m 86 cm long, 3.6 cm wide

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-88, described as Woman’s headband or cinta; twill and plain weave; cotton and silk; red with multicolored designs, floating warp’ silk pom poms, metal loops and fringe on ends; approximately 2m 8 cm long plus ends 33 cm long, 3.5 cm wide

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-29971, described as Handband-loomed, weft-faced plain and tapestry weaves; one piece; warps cut; one 23" tassel at each end. 99 cm x 3 cm. Native name/meaning: Cinta/headband. Materials, techniques: Cotton: singles in white; Artisela (artificial silk): singles in black, yellow, purple, white, blue, pink, gold, grey, maroon, peach. Context of use: Alternating bands of geometric designs including rabbits, birds, "senoritas," zigzags, stylized florals, chevrons and horizontal stripes are repeated. Eccentric weft technique creates the rounded figures (Schevill:127). Warps have been cut and brought through a hollow corn cobb that is covered with cut tufts of artisela. Sisal warps of fringe are wrapped with artisela in a series of "figure 8s" with a cluster of silk at center; these are attached to braids of silk at the fringe ends.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-29204, described as headband, red with figure s, horizontal stripes and birds woven along its length, three pom-poms at its ends, and seveal long strips of threads from the pom-poms.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-29863, described as Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique, one piece, warps cut, silk floss tassels.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-78, described as Woman’s headband or cinta; plain and twill weave; cotton, wool and silk; red with multicolored floating warp designs; multicolored silk pom poms, metal loops and fringe on ends; approximately 2 m 33 cm long, 2.7 cm wide, fringe 33 cm on each end