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Object Number
2013.24.28
Display Title
Tocoyal, women's headdress, braided, red with multicolored tufts and geometric designs at the ends
Descriptions
Object Description
Headdress or tocoyal, twisted with braids, worn around the head and down the back, "a red serpent," multicolored wool and red wool roving
Inventory Description
Tocoyal, women's headdress, braided, red wool with multicolored wool tufts and geometric designs at the ends
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Alta Verapaz
/
<County>
/
Coban
Materials
Dye , Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 3 × 160 cm (1 3/16 × 63 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.28; 116
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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