Headband

Museum number:
16-20282
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Alternate number:
MVC-0289 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Headband; 132 x 7 cn overall; woven band 47 x 5,5 cn ; ties 38 abd 44 cn; beads .5 cm ;warp faced doublte weave with birds, horses and hooked geometric figures. wrapped warp ends; narrow crossed warp 3 color ties sewn to band at each end. beads along both selvedges of band; multicolor stripe warp, natural light tan warp. black clear and bronze color beads.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Bolivia
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Bolivia
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 132 centimeters and width 7 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Worn, frayed, some beads messing
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 16-20282, described as Headband; 132 x 7 cn overall; woven band 47 x 5,5 cn ; ties 38 abd 44 cn; beads .5 cm ;warp faced doublte weave with birds, horses and hooked geometric figures. wrapped warp ends; narrow crossed warp 3 color ties sewn to band at each end. beads along both selvedges of band; multicolor stripe warp, natural light tan warp. black clear and bronze color beads.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 16-20282, described as Headband; 132 x 7 cn overall; woven band 47 x 5,5 cn ; ties 38 abd 44 cn; beads .5 cm ;warp faced doublte weave with birds, horses and hooked geometric figures. wrapped warp ends; narrow crossed warp 3 color ties sewn to band at each end. beads along both selvedges of band; multicolor stripe warp, natural light tan warp. black clear and bronze color beads.

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