Cinta

Museum number:

3-71

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

71 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Child’s headband or cinta; twill and plain weaves; multicolored; silk; pom-pom with tassel on each end; approximately 66 cm long plus fringe, 1 cm wide

Donor:

Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

San Cristobal Totonicapan, Totonicapan, Guatemala

Verbatim coll. place:

Totonicapan, Guatemala

Culture or time period:

K'iche' and Maya

Collector:

Gustavus A. Eisen

Collection date:

1902

Materials:

Cotton (textile) and Silk (floss)

Object type:

ethnography

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:

Cat. 3 - Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Area

Dimensions:

length 66 centimeters and width 1 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archive in museum library. See also references below.

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