Woman's Head Covering "Kajolal"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Walter F. Morris Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Robert M. Laughlin
notes: label: Notes
content: NATURAL DYED BLACK WOOL WOVEN IN PLAIN WEAVE WITHDOUBLE COTTON THREAD STRIPES IN THE WARP. FIVE ROWS OF NICHIM (FLOWER) DESIGNS ARE EMBROIDERED ACROSS CLOTH IN BLUE, PINK, RED, YELLOW, ORANGE, AND GREEN. SATIN, BUTTON-HOLE AND CHAIN STITCH WERE USED. EIGHT TASSLES ATTACHED BYBRAIDS TO EDGES OF CLOTH, ONE AT EACH CORNER AND ONE A QUARTER OF THE LENGTH OF THE CLOTH FROM EACH END (CLOTH IS FOLDED TWICE SO TASSLES FALL ON EACH CORNER OF FOLDED CLOTH). WORN BY CARGOHOLDER'S WIFE AND BY ALL CHAMULA WOMEN ESPECIALLY WHEN SITTING IN THE SUN. MADE IN 1977 AND USED WHEN PURCHASED. EMBROIDERY IS FADED AND TWO CORNER TASSLES ARE MISSING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tzotzil Maya, Chamula
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 359007
label: USNM Number
content: E423202-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Head Covering
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 118 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 41 cm