Head ribbon

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Front, folded

Front, folded

Name/Title

Head ribbon

Entry/Object ID

2021.3.43

Description

Woman's multicolor head ribbon woven with slit tapestry technique. Decorative synthetic dyed fringe on one end. Multicolor floral, bird, and geometric motifs alternating down length of ribbon.

Use

Woman's head ribbon

Collection

Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Dress Collection

Category

Accessories

Acquisition

Accession

2021.3

Source or Donor

Nancy Romero

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Head ribbon

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Likely Cotton, Likely wool

Color

Multicolor

Notes

Woven on ribbon loom

Made/Created

Place

City

Santiago Atitlán

State/Province

Sololá

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Santiago Atitlán

State/Province

Sololá

Country

Guatemala

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Tz'utujil [Linguistic Community]

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

womenswear, ceremonial costume, Mesoamerican

Dimensions

Width

4 cm

Length

108 cm

Location

Location

Box

Box 1 (Nancy Romero Mesoamerican Collection)

Room

Storage Unit

Category

Offsite

Research Notes

Research Type

Scholar

Person

Museo Ixchel