Head Covering, Part Of Woman's Clothing Set
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1956 to 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. R A. Horton
label: Collector
content: Elvira Aldana
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. R A. Horton
notes: label: Notes
content: PART OF FIVE PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426509-426513. HEAD COVERING CONSTRUCTED OF TWO LENGTHS OF COTTON CLOTH SEWN TOGETHER WITH KNOTTED STITCHING.CLOTH IS RED WITH GROUPS OF CLOSELY SPACED PINSTRIPES ALTERNATING WITH SINGLE STRIPES OF NAVY BLUE WHICH ARE STREAKED IN THE CENTER WITH WHITE. EACH SELVEDGE EDGE HAS A WIDE NAVY BAND WHICH HAS A RED, BLUE, AND WHITE STRIPE IN THE CENTER. THE HEAD COVERING IS BROCADED ON ONE SIDE IN A VERTICAL ZIG ZAG DESIGN OF LIGHT ORANGE, GOLD, WHITE, MAGENTA, PURPLE, GREEN, PINK, BLACK, BLUE, AND VIOLET. THE KNOTTED STITCHING WHICH JOINS THE TWO LENGTHS CONSISTS OF COLORS WHICH ALTERNATE BETWEEN ORANGE AND PURPLE SEGMENTS WHICH ARE 12-18CM LONG.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Almolonga, Quezaltenango, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Quiche (K'iche') Maya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387111
label: USNM Number
content: E426512-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Head Covering
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 144 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 101 cm