Cinta de pelo

Museum number:
3-29687
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 111 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Cinta de pelo (mujer): Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece. Warps cut and macramed; pompoms of multicolored wool at added at both ends.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Cotzal, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
El Quiche; San Juan Cotzal
Culture or time period:
Ixil
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hairbands (ornaments)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 28 centimeters and length 234 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread; warp 2 singles multi-colored. Weft 3 singles red. CONTEXT OF USE: This large textile is worn as a headdress within which the hair is entwined and the woolen pompoms sever as ornaments. CONSERVATION:Good
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cinta de pelo, accession number 3-29687, described as Cinta de pelo (mujer): Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece. Warps cut and macramed; pompoms of multicolored wool at added at both ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cinta de pelo, accession number 3-29687, described as Cinta de pelo (mujer): Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece. Warps cut and macramed; pompoms of multicolored wool at added at both ends.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cinta de pelo, accession number 3-29687, described as Cinta de pelo (mujer): Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece. Warps cut and macramed; pompoms of multicolored wool at added at both ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cinta de pelo, accession number 3-29687, described as Cinta de pelo (mujer): Backstrap-loomed, warp-faced plain weave; one piece. Warps cut and macramed; pompoms of multicolored wool at added at both ends.

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