Cinta

Museum number:
3-32182
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
ACW Guatemala #25 (previous number, Margot Schevill checklist number)
Accession number:
Acc.4804
Description:
Cinta, handwoven band, burgundy wool of natural dyes indigo and cochineal. Some fraying shows what appears to be white warp and weft base cloth, overlaid with burgundy wool and black selvage stripes.
Donor:
Anne Connell Wilson
Collection place:
Escuintla Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Palin, Escuintla
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Anne Connell Wilson
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Taxon:
Dactylopius coccus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
March 6, 2017
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
Whole— length 39.5 centimeters, Whole— depth 5 centimeters, and Whole— width 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cinta, accession number 3-32182, described as Cinta, handwoven band, burgundy wool of natural dyes indigo and cochineal. Some fraying shows what appears to be white warp and weft base cloth, overlaid with burgundy wool and black selvage stripes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cinta, accession number 3-32182, described as Cinta, handwoven band, burgundy wool of natural dyes indigo and cochineal. Some fraying shows what appears to be white warp and weft base cloth, overlaid with burgundy wool and black selvage stripes.

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