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Backstrap or headstrap, part of a loom, woven maguey fiber
Backstrap or headstrap, part of a loom, woven maguey fiber
Object Number 2013.24.104
Display Title Backstrap or headstrap, part of a loom, woven maguey fiber
Descriptions
Object Description Unknown provenance, typical woven backstrap or head strap, maguey fiber
Inventory Description Backstrap or headstrap, part of a loom, woven maguey fiber
Classification
  • Band
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Alta Verapaz / <County> / Tamahu
Materials Maguey Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 22 × 54 cm (8 11/16 × 21 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.24.104
Credit Line Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector Carroll William Dodge
Donor Donated by Mary Dodge Cobb

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