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Accession Number 1975.2.197 Title kerchief Category Clothing, Headwear Object Type kerchief Date Made 1975 Place Made North America: Guatemala, Chichicastenango Culture Native Middle American Cultural Region Native Middle American Gender and Age men Materials and Techniques cotton; handwoven Measurements overall: 76 x 83 cm Description Hand-woven, warp-faced cloth, made of two panels; red warp with black stripes; continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts form stylized motifs in many colours; wrapped decorative tassels at the ends. Credit Line University of Alberta