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Object Number
2013.24.8
Display Title
Headdress, men's ceremonial head and shoulder covering, red with yellow and purple stripes, multicolored bird and geometric images in corners and at center
Descriptions
Object Description
Man's ceremonial headdress, backstrap loomed, selvages loom finished, red cotton with yellow and purple cotton vertical stripes, two faced multicolored cotton and silk supplementary weft brocading, animal and geometric images.
Inventory Description
Headdress, men's ceremonial head and shoulder covering, two pieces sewn together partially with a multicolored silk randa, red cotton with yellow and purple cotton stripes, multicolored cotton and silk supplementary weft brocading of bird and geometric images in squares corners and in a rectangle at center
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
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Guatemala
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<County>
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San Juan Sacatepequez
Materials
Dye , Cotton , Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 127 × 112 cm (50 × 44 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.8
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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