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Object Number
986-5-20/26194
Display Title
Man's headdress (tzute cabeza de hombre)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tzute cabeza de hombre
Object Description
Man's headdress (tzute cabeza de hombre); red ground with black warp pinstripes; geometric single-face brocade in orange, turquoise, white and purples; embroidered at join in same colors in silk thread; large purple silk thread tassle at each corner
Inventory Description
Headdress, woven fiber, 4 tassles, multi-colored design along center
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1935 ca.
Culture
- Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
El Quiche
/
<County>
/
Nahvia
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Central America / Guatemala / Sacatepequez / <County> / Santa Maria de Jesus
Central America / Guatemala / El Quiche / <County> / Santo Tomas Chichicastenango
Central America / Guatemala / Sacatepequez / <County> / Santa Maria de Jesus
Materials
Cotton, Pigment, Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 54.5 cm (20 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
986-5-20/26194
Provenance
Collector
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor
Augustus Ledyard Smith
(1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
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