Cinta, woman's

Museum number:
3-29703
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT T (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique; One piece, warps cut, silk floss attached to ends as tassels.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Juan Sacatepéquez
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel and K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 3.5 centimeters and length 249 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Single and two-ply cotton in white, red and mauve; plied-silk in yellow, black, white, blue, green. Made on a 2 treadle loom that lacks front and back beams, instead using a continuous warp looped around a belt worn by the weaver- a combination of treadle and backstrap loom (O'Neale Fig. 19h). Native name and meaning: cinta- woman's headband. CONTEXT OF USE: Headband made in Totonicapán for women in San Juan. The cotton warp is not treated with atole (like 3-29704) and headband is softer. The silk in the weft is plied. The center of the band is in a solid red and in cotton. Tassels of silk in magenta, orange, blue and green have been added to the ends. See also 3-29704 CONSERVATION: Excellent. purple dye has bled.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cinta, woman's, accession number 3-29703, described as Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique; One piece, warps cut, silk floss attached to ends as tassels.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cinta, woman's, accession number 3-29703, described as Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique; One piece, warps cut, silk floss attached to ends as tassels.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, woman's, accession number 3-29703, described as Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique; One piece, warps cut, silk floss attached to ends as tassels.

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