Headband, child's

Museum number:
3-75
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
75 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Child's headband; twill and plain weaves; silk, multicolored; silk pom poms and fringe on ends; approximately 66 cm long plus fringe, 1 cm wide
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Totonicapan, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 66 centimeters and width 1 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #87: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Ruth Boyer (April 5, 1967–May 26, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headband, child's, accession number 3-75, described as Child's headband; twill and plain weaves; silk, multicolored; silk pom poms and fringe on ends; approximately 66 cm long plus fringe, 1 cm wideHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headband, child's, accession number 3-75, described as Child's headband; twill and plain weaves; silk, multicolored; silk pom poms and fringe on ends; approximately 66 cm long plus fringe, 1 cm wide
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, child's, accession number 3-75, described as Child's headband; twill and plain weaves; silk, multicolored; silk pom poms and fringe on ends; approximately 66 cm long plus fringe, 1 cm wide

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