Headband

Museum number:
3-84
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
84 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Woman’s headband or cinta; twilled wool; red and blue stripes ; also dark blue and yellow; approximately 1 m 57 cm long, 1.3 cm wide Remarks: " Like 3-77
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
Culture or time period:
K'iche' and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 157 centimeters and width 1.3 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #87: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Ruth Boyer (April 5, 1967–May 26, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 3-84, described as Woman’s headband or cinta; twilled wool; red and blue stripes ; also dark blue and yellow; approximately 1 m 57 cm long, 1.3 cm wide Remarks: " Like 3-77Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 3-84, described as Woman’s headband or cinta; twilled wool; red and blue stripes ; also dark blue and yellow; approximately 1 m 57 cm long, 1.3 cm wide Remarks: " Like 3-77
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-84, described as Woman’s headband or cinta; twilled wool; red and blue stripes ; also dark blue and yellow; approximately 1 m 57 cm long, 1.3 cm wide Remarks: " Like 3-77

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