Headband

Museum number:
3-72
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
72 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s headband; 3-72 plain and twill weaves; multicolored, red dominated; wool and silk; brown silk pom-poms; spring-like metal loops with fringe; decorate ends; approximately 2 m 4 cm long, each end decoration 35 cm long, 3.5 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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 279.4 centimeters, length 204 centimeters, and width 3.5 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, accession number 3-72, described as Woman’s headband; 3-72 plain and twill weaves; multicolored, red dominated; wool and silk; brown silk pom-poms; spring-like metal loops with fringe; decorate ends; approximately 2 m 4 cm long, each end decoration 35 cm long, 3.5 cm wideHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 3-72, described as Woman’s headband; 3-72 plain and twill weaves; multicolored, red dominated; wool and silk; brown silk pom-poms; spring-like metal loops with fringe; decorate ends; approximately 2 m 4 cm long, each end decoration 35 cm long, 3.5 cm wide
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-72, described as Woman’s headband; 3-72 plain and twill weaves; multicolored, red dominated; wool and silk; brown silk pom-poms; spring-like metal loops with fringe; decorate ends; approximately 2 m 4 cm long, each end decoration 35 cm long, 3.5 cm wide

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