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 FOUR-PIECE WOMAN'S CLOTHING SET CATALOGUED AS 426340-426343. RECTANGULAR CLOTH FOLDED AND SEWN ON BOTH WARP ENDS TO FORM TRIANGULAR POINTS. WARP STRIPES (0.5CM WIDE) OF RED, PURPLE, GREEN, TEAL, GOLD, DARK RED, BLUE, YELLOW, AND PINK AND TWO RED WARP STRIPES (2CM WIDE) NEAR CENTER. BEGINNING 40CM FROM EACH END ARE BANDS OF BROCADED DESIGN. ONE CONSISTS OF AN ANIMAL DESIGN SURROUNDED ON BOTH SIDES WITH BIRDS, IN THE SAME COLORS AS NOTED FOR STRIPES, BORDERED ABOVE AND BELOW WITH TWO MULTICOLORED 3CM THICK WEFT BANDS WHICH SURROUND A ROW OF TRIANGLES IN TEAL, DARK RED, PURPLE, WHITE, YELLOW, VIOLET, AND GREEN. THE OTHER BROCADED AREA CONSISTS OF AN ANIMAL DESIGN WITH A BIRD ON ITS BACK AS WELL AS A PAIR OF BIRDS, BORDERED ABOVE AND BELOW WITH TWO MULTICOLORED 3CM THICK WEFT BANDS WHICH SURROUND HORIZONTAL ZIGZAGS IN ORANGE, PURPLE, VIOLET, TEAL, WHITE, BLUE, BLACK, GREEN, AND GOLD. LOOPED THROUGH EACH END ARE THREE TASSELS CONSISTING OF ACRYLIC YARN BALLS WRAPPED AROUND MULTICOLORED BANDED LOOPS OF TIGHTLY WRAPPED COTTON THREAD. TASSEL COLORS: PURPLE, ORANGE, GREEN, MAGENTA, TEAL, AND BLUE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Santa Maria Nebaj, Cuchumatan Mountains, El Quiche, Guatemala, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ixil 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: E426342-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Head Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 47 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 178 cm