Hairband

Museum number:
3-29943
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
LG-5 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4503
Description:
Cinta de Pelo, mujer: Hair ornament, woman's. Bankstrap loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supplementary weft brocading, one piece. Ends machine and hand-stitched, five tassels at each end. 376 x 50.5 cm. Cotton, 3 singles in red, cotton 2 two-ply in brown, maroon, purple, fuchsia, yellow, white, turquoise, green, dark and light orange, red, coral. Supplementary weft in cotton 4 two-ply yellow, purple, violet, dark green, white, turquoise, orange, coral, maroon, red. Silk or rayon 6 two-ply off-white, violet, turquoise, dark green. Iconography is geometric, stripes, diamonds and abstract forms. Warp-striped textile with single-faced supplementary weft brocading at each end, five tassels inserted through textile at each end, where textile has been folded back onto itself and sewn down, forming a point. Fancy tassels are 113/8" long, consisting of a stiff wrapped "stem" with a pom pom attached at the end. Each pompom composed mostly of thick 3-ply monochrome acrylic yarn, intermixed with finer plied multicolored yarns (cotton?). Very good condition.
Donor:
Linda Green and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Nebaj, El Quiche (Ixil) Central America, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Linda Green
Collection date:
1991
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
1960s
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hairband, accession number 3-29943, described as Cinta de Pelo, mujer: Hair ornament, woman's. Bankstrap loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supplementary weft brocading, one piece. Ends machine and hand-stitched, five tassels at each end. 376 x 50.5 cm. Cotton, 3 singles in red, cotton 2 two-ply in brown, maroon, purple, fuchsia, yellow, white, turquoise, green, dark and light orange, red, coral. Supplementary weft in cotton 4 two-ply yellow, purple, violet, dark green, white, turquoise, orange, coral, maroon, red. Silk or rayon 6 two-ply off-white, violet, turquoise, dark green. Iconography is geometric, stripes, diamonds and abstract forms. Warp-striped textile with single-faced supplementary weft brocading at each end, five tassels inserted through textile at each end, where textile has been folded back onto itself and sewn down, forming a point. Fancy tassels are 113/8" long, consisting of a stiff wrapped "stem" with a pom pom attached at the end. Each pompom composed mostly of thick 3-ply monochrome acrylic yarn, intermixed with finer plied multicolored yarns (cotton?). Very good condition.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hairband, accession number 3-29943, described as Cinta de Pelo, mujer: Hair ornament, woman's. Bankstrap loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supplementary weft brocading, one piece. Ends machine and hand-stitched, five tassels at each end. 376 x 50.5 cm. Cotton, 3 singles in red, cotton 2 two-ply in brown, maroon, purple, fuchsia, yellow, white, turquoise, green, dark and light orange, red, coral. Supplementary weft in cotton 4 two-ply yellow, purple, violet, dark green, white, turquoise, orange, coral, maroon, red. Silk or rayon 6 two-ply off-white, violet, turquoise, dark green. Iconography is geometric, stripes, diamonds and abstract forms. Warp-striped textile with single-faced supplementary weft brocading at each end, five tassels inserted through textile at each end, where textile has been folded back onto itself and sewn down, forming a point. Fancy tassels are 113/8" long, consisting of a stiff wrapped "stem" with a pom pom attached at the end. Each pompom composed mostly of thick 3-ply monochrome acrylic yarn, intermixed with finer plied multicolored yarns (cotton?). Very good condition.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairband, accession number 3-29943, described as Cinta de Pelo, mujer: Hair ornament, woman's. Bankstrap loomed, warp-faced plain weave, single-faced supplementary weft brocading, one piece. Ends machine and hand-stitched, five tassels at each end. 376 x 50.5 cm. Cotton, 3 singles in red, cotton 2 two-ply in brown, maroon, purple, fuchsia, yellow, white, turquoise, green, dark and light orange, red, coral. Supplementary weft in cotton 4 two-ply yellow, purple, violet, dark green, white, turquoise, orange, coral, maroon, red. Silk or rayon 6 two-ply off-white, violet, turquoise, dark green. Iconography is geometric, stripes, diamonds and abstract forms. Warp-striped textile with single-faced supplementary weft brocading at each end, five tassels inserted through textile at each end, where textile has been folded back onto itself and sewn down, forming a point. Fancy tassels are 113/8" long, consisting of a stiff wrapped "stem" with a pom pom attached at the end. Each pompom composed mostly of thick 3-ply monochrome acrylic yarn, intermixed with finer plied multicolored yarns (cotton?). Very good condition.

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