Scarf, cotton. Blue and white hound’s tooth check, square. Wool yarn tassel at each corner, pink, with two colored ribbons. Scarf: 71 cm by 77 cm. Tassels: 24 cm length. Ribbons: 33 cm length.
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zinacantán, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Zinacantan
Culture or time period:
Tzotzil people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Collection date:
8/25/1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scarves (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 62 centimeters and width 122 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: cotton, woven square. Wool, yarn tassels. Rayon (?) ribbons. Native name and meaning:"Pok" scarf CONTEXT OF USE: worn by men around neck or head. Made by: women.