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Object Number
2013.24.101.5
Display Title
Cinta, women's hair ribbon, multicolored with lines and "V" shapes, puff balls at either end, twisted fringes
Descriptions
Object Description
Six variegated women's hair ribbons or cintas, warps cut, pompoms on both ends of the cintas, cut warps create fringes, geometric and animal images are created with a tapestry weave technique
Inventory Description
Cinta, women's hair ribbon, multicolored cotton tapestry weave technique, parallel lines and "V" shapes, puff balls at either end are somewhat dirty, twisted fringes
Classification
- Hair ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1942 or earlier
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Guatemala
/
Totonicapan
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<County>
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San Miguel Totonicapan
Materials
Dye , Cotton
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of bag): 126 × 2 cm (49 5/8 × 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.101.5
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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