Headcover

Museum number:
3-29363
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4012
Description:
Headcovering; cotton wide bands of red and olive green, narrow bands of orange and purple, fringe with tassels and knotted netting, some tassels have purple silk. only one end of tzute is fringed, other end has purple silk tassels at corner (61 x 32 cm)
Donor:
Bertha Hammond
Collection place:
Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Maude Okkelberg
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headcloths (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1985
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headcover, accession number 3-29363, described as Headcovering; cotton wide bands of red and olive green, narrow bands of orange and purple, fringe with tassels and knotted netting, some tassels have purple silk. only one end of tzute is fringed, other end has purple silk tassels at corner (61 x 32 cm)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headcover, accession number 3-29363, described as Headcovering; cotton wide bands of red and olive green, narrow bands of orange and purple, fringe with tassels and knotted netting, some tassels have purple silk. only one end of tzute is fringed, other end has purple silk tassels at corner (61 x 32 cm)

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