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Object Number 2004.29.8649
Display Title Studio shot of beaded headband and girdles
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Guatemala / Central America / 1- Head band (old). Totonicapan / 2- Girdle- Oaxaca region, obtained 1926 - Mexico & Guatemala / 3- Girdle - Totonicapan / 4- Girdle - Obtained Huehuetenango - 1927. Gift of Mrs. Elsie McDougall
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • People
Department Photographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 13.0175 cm (7 × 5 1/8 in.)

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