Head Ornament, 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 A FOUR-PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426321-426324. OF THICK COARSE RED WOOL STRANDS WRAPPED IN COTTON THREAD. TO BE WRAPPED AROUND A SINGLE BRAID DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK. OBJECT IS CURRENTLY WRAPPED AROUND A CORD OF NYLON THAT INDICATES ITS USE. AT THE END OF THE SINGLE SECTION WHERE THE BRAID WOULD BE ENCASED ARE TWO LONG SEGMENTS OF RED WOOL FRINGES, CUT FRINGES AND TASSELS OF BOTH ACRYLIC AND COTTON THREAD. COLORS USED: PURPLE, WHITE, BLUE, RED, GREEN, ORANGE, AND YELLOW. EDGE FINISHES APPEAR TO BE MADE OF BOTH ACRYLIC YARN AND COTTON THREAD AND ARE OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS. THE HEAD ORNAMENT IS EXCLUSIVE TO COBAN AND IS OFTEN CALLED THE "CORAL SERPENT" (ALTMAN AND WEST 1992: 80).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Coban, Alta Verapaz, 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: 387111
label: USNM Number
content: E426324-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Head Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 186 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 20 cm