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Accession Number 1974.12.28 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 silk; wool; handwoven Measurements overall: 1097 x 3 cm Description

Hand-woven band, red in the middle, ends feature multi-coloured stripes( aqua-blue; purple and orange) with pom-poms in the same colour, with loops of thread wrapped with white metallic wire, on which more fringes are…

Hand-woven band, red in the middle, ends feature multi-coloured stripes( aqua-blue; purple and orange) with pom-poms in the same colour, with loops of thread wrapped with white metallic wire, on which more fringes are attached.

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