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Accession Number 1975.2.97 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 unknown Materials and Techniques cotton; handwoven Measurements overall: 119 x 115 cm Description Hand-woven warp-faced cloth made in 2 panels, red warp has black pin strips and wider multi-coloured stripes; discontinuous supplementary wefts form stylized birds in many colours; centre seam is embroidered (randa). Credit Line University of Alberta