Hair ornament

Museum number:
3-27263
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3057
Description:
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
Donor:
Robert Miller
Collection place:
San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Alma Capen and Robert Miller
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hair ornaments
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 6 centimeters and length 170 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight
Images:
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
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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 3-28841-42Documentation associated with 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

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