Woman's Headdress "Tupui" Or "Tupuy"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Jan 1942
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Eleanor Y. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Eleanor Y. Bell
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Red with decorative ends in various colors. Worn by men. Loaned to Textile Museum 2/21/66; loan returned Sep 19, 1966. Nov. 1978 - Tupui, ceremonial women's headdress, Kekchi group, Coban, Alta Verapaz. Headdress symbolizing the coral snake, traditional messenger of the gods. Worn (in 20th century) only by married women who are or have been members of religious confraternities. - Cherri Pancake."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Coban (not certain), Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kekchi (Q'eqchi') Maya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 162175
label: USNM Number
content: E382154-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hair Ornament