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Object Number
2013.24.20
Display Title
Cinta, women's hair ribbon, red with multicolored silk geometric and zoomorphic designs, long tassels at each ends
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's hair ribbon or cinta, red cotton with multi colored silk and cotton tapestry weave, animal and geometric designs, warps cut and sewn onto a ring, decorative multicolored silk threads are pulled through and create long tassels.
Inventory Description
Cinta, women's hair ribbon, red cotton with yellow, blue, black, white, and purple silk geometric and zoomorphic designs, long tassels at each ends
Classification
- Hair ornament
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: 4 × 140 cm (1 9/16 × 55 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.20
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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