Cinta

Museum number:

3-235

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Alternate number:

235 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.47 and Acc.61

Object count:

1

Description:

Cinta for woman’s hair. (Cotton basketweave. Red with yellow and green stripes, white one along edges. Corners sewn so that ends are pointed. 1 m 54 cm long, 5 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

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

October 20, 1902

Department:

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

Dimensions:

width 6.5 centimeters and length 153 centimeters

Comment:

See Eisen archives in museum library. See also p.107 Schevill; see references below.

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