Headdress
Tocoyal
42-35-369
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 42-35-369 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kekchi |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wool |
| Description | Tupui or coral snake for woman of noble class. Plaited into two long braids which fall down the back. Six loosely plaited rolls of wool are bound at each end into a cylinder which is then embroidered in a red, blue, green, and white diamond pattern. Beyond the cylinder are three plaited strands, each with two smaller cylinders- one midway and one at the end. |
| Length | 600 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1942 |
| Other Number | 296A - Collector Number |
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