Hair piece

Museum number:
3-30012
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4464
Description:
Listo, woman's hair piece.Commercially woven cloth; balanced plain weave; warp ends cut; side selvages machine-finished. 396 cm x 16.5 cm. Possibly acetate: 24 singles in blue; 32 singes in blue. Women in Chimaltenango and Solola use these intertwined in their hair braids.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
San Martín Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
San Martin Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan and Kaqchikel
Collector:
Linda Green
Collection date:
1990
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hair piece, accession number 3-30012, described as Listo, woman's hair piece.Commercially woven cloth; balanced plain weave; warp ends cut; side selvages machine-finished. 396 cm x 16.5 cm. Possibly acetate: 24 singles in blue; 32 singes in blue. Women in Chimaltenango and Solola use these intertwined in their hair braids.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hair piece, accession number 3-30012, described as Listo, woman's hair piece.Commercially woven cloth; balanced plain weave; warp ends cut; side selvages machine-finished. 396 cm x 16.5 cm. Possibly acetate: 24 singles in blue; 32 singes in blue. Women in Chimaltenango and Solola use these intertwined in their hair braids.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hair piece, accession number 3-30012, described as Listo, woman's hair piece.Commercially woven cloth; balanced plain weave; warp ends cut; side selvages machine-finished. 396 cm x 16.5 cm. Possibly acetate: 24 singles in blue; 32 singes in blue. Women in Chimaltenango and Solola use these intertwined in their hair braids.

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