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Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
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Hair Ribbon (Cinta)

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Datenot dated
Mediumcotton and dye
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 2 x 112 in. (5.1 x 5.1 x 284.5 cm)
ClassificationsCostumes and Accessories
Credit LineGift of Dr. Richard D. Mandell through exchange
Terms
    Object number95.0007.79
    DescriptionThis cotton hair ribbon comes from the village of San Miguel Totonicapán, where women often wrap their hair in elaborate ribbons decorated with tassels. Cintas are made on a small treadle loom known as a ribbon loom. The weaver uses a tapestry technique which leaves small gaps where colors meet. This particular piece is highly decorated and features two human figures participating in a sort of dance, and they may even be holding guns—a rare choice of decoration.
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    collected 1932
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    1200-1450
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1925
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hair Ribbon (Cinta)
    Artist Unknown
    not dated
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