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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
Ceremonial Cinta (Head Tie)
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey, 2017.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Cinta (Head Tie)

Place CreatedChajul, Guatemala, Central America, North America
CultureIxil Maya
Dateca. 1925
MediumCotton, acrylic fiber
Credit LineBright Collection of Guatemalan Textiles
Dimensions2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Object number2009.042.206
Exhibition HistoryThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 19 - December 17, 2017
Published ReferencesThreads of Time: Tradition and Change in Indigenous American Textiles, 2017, http://threads-of-time.carlos.emory.edu/items/show/133.
ProvenanceEx coll. Samuel R. Bright, Jr. (1936-2001) and Mickey Paddock Bright Griffin, United States.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas