Cinta for woman’s hair. (Red cotton, basket weave. Stripes and brocaded designs in green and yellow. Warp ends unwoven at one end, secured with thread. 1 m 65 cm long, 7 cm wide.)
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Aguacatan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Awakateko and Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hairbands (ornaments)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 7 centimeters and length 165 centimeters
Comment:
See Eisen archives in museum library. See also references below.