Cinta

Museum number:
3-29704
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT U (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Object count:
1
Description:
Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique; One piece, warps cut, silk floss attached to ends as tassels.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala Dept, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; San Juan Sacatepequez
Culture or time period:
Kaqchikel and K'iche'
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 245 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Single and two-ply cotton in white and red. Plied artisela in blue, yellow, maroon, black, white and purple. Artisela is artificial silk. Quasi-geometric, stripes and animal iconography. Made on a 2 treadle loom that lacks front and back beams, instead using a continuous warp looped around a belt worn by the weaver- a combination of treadle and backstrap loom (O'Neale Fig. 19h). Native name and meaning: cinta- woman's headband. CONTEXT OF USE: Headband made in Totonicapán for women in San Juan. The cotton warp may have been treated with atole to stiffen it. Artisela in the weft is plied. The center of the band is in a solid red cotton. Tassels of silk in orange, blue, purple, white, yellow and maroon have been added to the ends. Band had tape on it; "#33, $10" and a manila tag with name of garment and town , along with the number "19". See also 3-29703 CONSERVATION: Excellent.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cinta, accession number 3-29704, described as Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique; One piece, warps cut, silk floss attached to ends as tassels.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cinta, accession number 3-29704, described as Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique; One piece, warps cut, silk floss attached to ends as tassels.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cinta, accession number 3-29704, described as Headband-loomed, weft-faced, plain and basket weaves, tapestry woven, eccentric weft technique; One piece, warps cut, silk floss attached to ends as tassels.

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