Man’s headdress (xute); white cotton; plain weave; brocaded in red and yellow cotton; stitched together with violet silk thread; long red tassels on corners; approximately 65 cm x 60 cm; major motif chickens and corn in inlaid brocade, also two-headed bird; 2 pieces put together
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Santo Tomas Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 64.5 centimeters and length 58.5 centimeters