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Accession Number 1974.12.25 Title Santiago Atitlan headdress Category Clothing, Headwear Object Type headdress Date Made 1974 Place Made North America: Guatemala, Santiago Atitlán Culture Native Middle American Cultural Region Native Middle American Gender and Age women Materials and Techniques cotton; handwoven, tapestry Measurements overall: 263 x 3.5 cm Description Narrow hand woven cotton band, red in middle part, ends feature multi-coloured geometric tapestry- woven patterns and stylized figures on a green background, and large oval multi-coloured pom-poms with fringes. Credit Line University of Alberta